Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 10, 2017 - May 13, 2017
Some processes in the manufacturing industry need manual works. Especially, kitting processes in assembly factories require human workers because of the need to handle several kinds of parts and time constraints. We propose, a novel robot co-worker, Kitting Parts robot Delivery system (KitPaDy). KitPaDy transports shelves with parts needed for kitting to the worker. It consists of some autonomous carriers and various shelves implementing some mechanisms. In this paper, we describe a method of transporting shelves using a guide rail and docking mechanisms of KitPaDy.
