Commodity transfer apparatus and method for controlling same

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a commodity transfer apparatus 1 comprising: an arm part 20 equipped with a gripping part 10 for holding a commodity; an imaging part 60 for acquiring image data that includes at least part of the commodity held by the gripping part 10; and a control part 150. The control part 150 is configured to: cause the imaging part 60 to acquire image data including at least part of a commodity that is positioned above a shelf of a display rack by the arm part 20 while being held by the gripping part 10 for the purpose of being placed on the shelf; and use the image data to determine whether or not the commodity is in an orientation such that same can be placed on the shelf.