Patent attributes
According to one embodiment, a picking apparatus includes a carriage, a holding mechanism, and a movement mechanism. The holding mechanism includes an arm, a rotating shaft provided at one end of the arm and rotating the arm, and a holding part provided at the other end of the arm and able to hold at least one object. The movement mechanism is provided on the carriage, and includes a first movement part that moves the rotating shaft along a first direction toward the object, and a second movement part that moves the first movement part along a second direction intersecting with the first direction and approximately perpendicular to the carriage. The first movement part is positioned along a direction away from the object with respect to the second movement part.
