A workpiece regrasping system for a robot. The system includes a
manipulator grippable a workpiece; a deck member having a deck surface on
which a workpiece is placeable; a support mechanism rotatably supporting
the deck member about an axis parallel to the deck surface; a
workpiece-orientation control section for controlling the manipulator so
as to grip a workpiece at a first point of the workpiece and to bring the
workpiece into abutment with the deck surface of the deck member, and
configured to displace the workpiece together with the deck member about
the axis, while maintaining a mutually abutted condition, until the
workpiece occupies a desired orientation, with at least a part of a
weight of the workpiece being carried on the deck surface; and a
regrasping control section for controlling the manipulator so as to
temporarily release the workpiece placed on the deck surface in the
desired orientation and to regrasp the workpiece at a second point
different from the first point. The workpiece-orientation control section
may control an operation of the manipulator, or control a rotational
drive section for the deck member, while maintaining the workpiece in
abutment with the deck surface, to displace the workpiece to the desired
orientation.