コンビニ店舗における陳列廃棄作業自動化の研究

―第5報：陳列システムのZ軸方向移動制約の改善―

抄録

Due to the declining birthrate and aging population, the convenience store industry is facing a serious labor shortage. Therefore, there is a strong need to automate the display and disposal of products in convenience stores. In our previous research, we have developed a display and disposal robot to reduce the workload of employees. However, the developed display robot has limitations in moving in the Z direction. Therefore, we improved the system that extended the range of motion in the Z-direction by extending the length of the link and using the elevation mechanism. As a result of improvement, the range of motion of telescopic mechanism has been extended to 240 mm in the Z-direction, and combined with the lifting mechanism, the robot hand can move above the products on the shelf.