End effectors carrying plies of limp material for shaping by a mandrel

Systems and methods are provided for enhancing picking and placement of plies of material. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an end effector of a robot. The end effector includes a frame, and cup assemblies that are attached to the frame. The cup assemblies each include a shaft and a head...

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1. Verfasser:	Goce Petrovski
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES CONVEYING ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY HAND TOOLS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL MANIPULATORS PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems and methods are provided for enhancing picking and placement of plies of material. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an end effector of a robot. The end effector includes a frame, and cup assemblies that are attached to the frame. The cup assemblies each include a shaft and a head. The end effector also includes Bernoulli cups attached to the heads of the cup assemblies, and grippers attached to heads of the cup assemblies.