Abstract: Apparatus is provided for handling bobbins and particularly for transferring bobbins from one location to another. The apparatus includes a cart having parallel linkages pivotally mounted thereon and connected to a fluid-operated ram. A bobbin-engaging unit is carried at the ends of the linkages and engages the bobbin internally. After engagement, the linkages are manipulated to transfer the bobbin to another location with the weight of the bobbin and mechanism being offset by the fluid-operated cylinder. The cart is designed to be attached to a portable bobbin buggy so that both can then be pushed as a unit to move the buggy to a desired location from which the bobbins are transferred to a creel or rack, for example.

Abstract: A robot arrangement adapted to carry a load such as an article, a tool or a cargo to a specified position includes a main robot capable of active movement of the load in rectilinear directions and passive movement in directions parallel to a plane perpendicular to the rectilinear directions, and at least one sub robot capable of active movement of the load in directions parallel to the plane. A flexible connection allows passive movement of the load with respect to the sub robot in the rectilinear directions.