IP Library Granted Patent US 12,296,472
Granted Patent B2
US 12,296,472 · App. 17/793,031 · Granted May 13, 2025

Mobile manipulator

Inventors: Tomohiro Okada (Kyoto, JP); Teisuke Katagi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
B25J9/0009B25J18/00
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Patent No.
US 12,296,472
App. No.
17/793,031
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to allow for the mounting of two transported objects without increasing the width of a transport vehicle, a mobile manipulator ( 1 ) is provided with: an unmanned transport vehicle ( 2 ); a robot base portion ( 3 ) mounted on the unmanned transport vehicle; a robot arm ( 4 ) mounted on the robot base portion; and brackets ( 5 ), ( 6 ) for mounting cassettes ( 11 ) over the robot base portion. The bracket ( 5 ) holds the cassettes in an inclined state, and a part of the bracket ( 6 ) overlaps the bracket ( 5 ) in plan view.

Claims (28)

1. A mobile manipulator, comprising:

an unmanned transport vehicle;

a robot base portion mounted on the unmanned transport vehicle;

a robot arm mounted on the robot base portion; and

a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion which are arranged on the robot base portion and on which a predetermined transported object is mounted,

wherein the first mounting portion holds the transported object in a state where a bottom surface of the transported object is inclined with respect to a horizontal, and

a part of the second mounting portion overlaps on the first mounting portion in a plan view,

wherein the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion respectively have a first bottom surface support wall and a second bottom surface support wall that support the bottom surface of the transported object,

the second bottom surface support wall is located above a plane including the first bottom surface support wall.

2. The mobile manipulator according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are arranged so as to fit inside a footprint of the unmanned transport vehicle.

3. The mobile manipulator according to claim 2 , wherein the second mounting portion is arranged at a position avoiding a space in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the transported object from the transported object mounted on the first mounting portion.

4. The mobile manipulator according to claim 2 , wherein the second mounting portion holds the transported object in a state where the bottom surface of the transported object is inclined with respect to the horizontal.

5. The mobile manipulator according to claim 2 , wherein the first mounting portion further has two side surface support walls that support two side surfaces of the transported object and face each other, and

the two side surface support walls form a tapered shape.

6. The mobile manipulator according to claim 2 , wherein a device is arranged in a space located in a lateral direction of the first mounting portion and located in a lower direction of the second mounting portion.

7. The mobile manipulator according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting portion is arranged at a position avoiding a space in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the transported object from the transported object mounted on the first mounting portion.

8. The mobile manipulator according to claim 7 , wherein the second mounting portion holds the transported object in a state where the bottom surface of the transported object is inclined with respect to the horizontal.

9. The mobile manipulator according to claim 7 , wherein the first mounting portion further has two side surface support walls that support two side surfaces of the transported object and face each other, and

the two side surface support walls form a tapered shape.

10. The mobile manipulator according to claim 7 , wherein a device is arranged in a space located in a lateral direction of the first mounting portion and located in a lower direction of the second mounting portion.

11. The mobile manipulator according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting portion holds the transported object in a state where the bottom surface of the transported object is inclined with respect to the horizontal.

12. The mobile manipulator according to claim 11 , wherein the first mounting portion further has two side surface support walls that support two side surfaces of the transported object and face each other, and

the two side surface support walls form a tapered shape.

13. The mobile manipulator according to claim 11 , wherein a device is arranged in a space located in a lateral direction of the first mounting portion and located in a lower direction of the second mounting portion.

14. The mobile manipulator according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting portion further has two side surface support walls that support two side surfaces of the transported object and face each other, and

the two side surface support walls form a tapered shape.

15. The mobile manipulator according to claim 14 , wherein a device is arranged in a space located in a lateral direction of the first mounting portion and located in a lower direction of the second mounting portion.

16. The mobile manipulator according to claim 1 , wherein a device is arranged in a space located in a lateral direction of the first mounting portion and located in a lower direction of the second mounting portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: OKADA, TOMOHIRO; KATAGI, TEISUKE
To: OMRON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-032230 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230044274A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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