US Patent 11667036 Workpiece picking device and workpiece picking method

A workpiece picking device includes a sensor that measures the workpieces, a hand that grasps the workpieces, a robot that moves the hand, and a control device thereof. The control device has a position orientation calculation part that calculates position, orientation and the like of the workpieces, a grasping orientation calculation part that calculates a grasping orientation of the workpieces by the hand, a route calculation part that calculates a route through which the hand moves to the grasping orientation, a sensor control part, a hand control part, a robot control part, a situation determination part that determines the situation of the workpieces on the basis of measurement result or the like of the three-dimensional position, and a parameter modification part that modifies at least one of a measurement parameter and various calculation parameters, when the determination result of the situations of the workpieces satisfies a predetermined condition.