A pick and place mechanism for assembling a large number of contactors on a contact substrate. The pick and place mechanism includes a first area for positioning an intermediate plate having a plurality of contactors thereon, a second area for positioning the contact substrate for receiving the contactors thereon, a carrier provided between the first and second areas for converting a direction of the contactor to a predetermined direction when receiving the contactor on a seat having an inclined back wall and a flat bottom surface, a first transfer mechanism for picking the contactor from the intermediate plate and placing the contactor on the seat of the carrier, a second transfer mechanism for picking the contactor from the seat of the carrier while maintaining the predetermined direction of the contactor defined by the carrier and placing the contactor on the contact substrate.
Robotic apparatus for removing seeds contained in covered or uncovered containers and planting the seeds into selected planting chambers are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a first vacuum-activated probe configured to pick up an entire seed population from a donor container. A seed-alignment trough is provided to receive the seed population from the first probe. The seed-alignment trough is configured such that seeds deposited in the trough become aligned or otherwise arranged. A second vacuum-activated probe is configured to successively remove individual seeds from the seed-alignment trough and to plant each removed seed in a selected planting chamber. Also disclosed are automated methods for transferring and planting
Robotic apparatus for transferring and distributing small particles, such as seeds, contained in covered or uncovered containers, such as capped jars, are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a vacuum-activated probe configured to pick up a selected number of seeds from a donor container and to deposit the seeds in a selected recipient container. The seeds being transferred may be weighed during the transfer process by depositing the seeds in a crucible of a microgram balance or analogous device. After weighing, the seeds are picked up using a second probe that transfers the seeds to a recipient container. Also disclosed are automated methods for transferring and weighing particles, such as seeds.
An image sensor test system (10) bringing input/output terminals of an image sensor into contact with a contact (61) of a test head (60), emitting light to alight receiving surface of the image sensor from a light source (80) and, while doing so, inputting/outputting electrical signals between the contact (61) of the test head (60) and the image sensor so as to test the optical properties of the image sensor, provided with a loader use inverting device (32) for inverting an image sensor loaded into a supply tray stacker in a state with the light receiving surface facing upward, a contact arm (43) for gripping a back surface of an opposite side to the light receiving surface of the image sensor and moving the image sensor to bring the image sensor into contact with a contact (61) of the test head (60) in the state with the light receiving surface facing downward, and an unloader use inverting device inverting and unloaded the tested image sensor.
