METHOD FOR CAPTURE OF METAL OBJECTS AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC B25J15/00 

FIELD: robotics and beyond.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a means of gripping metal objects and can be used in remotely controlled industrial robots operating in conditions hazardous to human life without direct presence in the robot's work area, for example, in processing fragments of a nuclear reactor vessel. The gripping of metal objects is carried out using an industrial robot having a manipulator with a gripper and welding heads connected to the robot's control unit. In this case, a gripper is used in the form of three supports, on each of which a welding head is placed, which are controlled from the control unit for the welding heads. The welding head control unit and the robot control unit are connected to a remotely located computer, through which the industrial robot is remotely controlled. Moreover, the capture of metal objects is carried out one by one by preliminary maximum possible approximation of the three gripping supports to the surface of the object, or until the support or several supports are pressed into the surface of the object, after which, with the help of each welding head, the surface of the object is welded to each of the supports by melting metal onto the surface of the object until the formation of a power bridge between each support and the object.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to grip objects of heavy weight of complex and previously unknown shape, which may lie in bulk.

10 cl, 2 dwg