Automatic material taking and placing equipment and method for material tower

The invention relates to the technical field of SMT production line logistics, in particular to automatic material taking and placing equipment for a material tower. The automatic material taking andplacing equipment comprises a ground rail, a mechanical arm, a claw, a dock, a camera, an AGV, a material frame and an upper computer, wherein the mechanical arm is installed on the ground rail and moves forwards and backwards along the ground rail, the claw is installed at the tail end of the mechanical arm, the dock is installed at the tail end of the ground rail, the camera is installed on thedock, the material frame is installed on the AGV, the camera is used for acquiring a parking position of the AGV, and the ground rail, the mechanical arm, the camera and the AGV are all connected withthe upper computer. According to the automatic material taking and placing equipment, materials in the material tower can be automatically accessed and placed onto the material frame, and the AGV arrives at a designated place,