Abstract: An omnidirectional cart transport mechanism includes an automatic guided vehicle that includes a drive wheel and a drive mechanism that drives the drive wheel, and travels on a road surface by driving the drive wheel using the drive mechanism, a side guide mechanism that includes a pair of side plates movable in a first direction of approaching or separating from each other, and guides a cart to be coupled to the automatic guided vehicle to a coupled position by bringing the pair of side plates closer to each other with the cart positioned between the pair of side plates, and a cart lift mechanism that lifts a coupled portion of the cart guided to the coupled position.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes a finger mechanism configured to grasp an outer circumferential face of an object, wherein the finger mechanism is equipped with a plurality of finger portions supported by a base portion, each of the finger portions includes a first bone member, a second bone member rotatably coupled to one end portion of the first bone member, and a pair of third bone members, each of which is rotatably coupled to the other end portion of the first bone member and the base portion, whereby a parallel link mechanism is formed between the first bone member and the base portion, and the finger mechanism transfers the grasped object to a containing box.