Cable terminal end detection method and hand

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PATENT NO 12168298
APP PUB NO 20220234197A1
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17584414

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A cable terminal end detection method includes a gripping step for gripping, using a hand including a first gripping section and a second gripping section disposed to be separated on an X axis and configured to open and close in a direction along a Z axis, a cable in two places separated in a longitudinal direction with the first gripping section and the second gripping section, a moving step for, in a state in which the cable is gripped by the hand, moving the cable to the first gripping section side in a direction along the X axis relatively to the hand, and a detecting step for detecting, with a tactile sensor disposed in the second gripping section to be in contact with the cable, that the cable has slipped out from the second gripping section and detecting that a terminal end of the cable is located between the first gripping section and the second gripping section.

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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONSHINJUKU-KU TOKYO

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Kobayashi, Masato Kobe, JP 247 2767
Togashi, Daiki Chino, JP 2 1
Wakayama, Takuya Matsumoto, JP 5 19

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