Manufacture work machine for controlling a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses by central control device

A manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work, comprising:

• a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of a plurality of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, and
• a central control device configured to control the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in a centralized manner, such that a plurality of motion commands are sequentially transmitted, each of the plurality of motion commands being a command for one motion to be performed by one of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, wherein
• each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses has (i) an individual control device configured to control an operation of a respective apparatus of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, and (ii) at least one operating device for performing a work element corresponding to said each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses,
• the individual control devices are configured to (1) recognize a matter of the motion command transmitted from the central control device for the respective work-element performing apparatus to be operated by the motion command, and (2) to control an operation of the at least one operating device of the respective work-element performing apparatus so as to permit the respective work-element performing apparatus to which the individual control device belongs to perform one motion corresponding to the motion command,
• the manufacture work machine is an assembling work machine configured to assemble a plurality of components into an assembled article,
• the central control device is configured, based on a judgment by the central control device that the motion command can be transmitted, to transmit to the conveyor, the component supplier, and the work head, the motion command in a format designated for the respective apparatus,
• the motion command designates the one of the work-element performing apparatuses to be operated by the motion command,
• each of the plurality of motion commands is transmitted to each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses without specifying a destination apparatus of the respective motion command,
• each of the work-element performing apparatuses possesses, in a storage of the individual control device, identification information for identification of the respective work-element performing apparatus, and the individual control device is configured to transmit the identification information to the central control device,
• the central control device judges, on the basis of the identification information transmitted from the individual control device of each of the work-element performing apparatuses, whether a motion command can be transmitted to each of the work-element performing apparatuses,
• the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses include different types of apparatuses, including:
• a conveyor configured to perform conveyance of at least one of a first component which is one of a plurality of components and the assembled article, as one of the plurality of work elements,
• a component supplier configured to perform supply of a second component which is the other one of the plurality of components, as another one of the plurality of work elements, and
• a work head configured to perform a motion necessary for assembling the second component to the first component, as still another one of the plurality of work elements,
• the central control device is configured to transmit, to the conveyor, the component supplier, and the work head, the motion command in a format common to the conveyor, the component supplier, and the work head,
• the central control device includes:
• a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded a matter of each of the plurality of work elements to be performed by each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses to perform the manufacture work,
• a motion-command generating section configured to generate the plurality of motion commands on the basis of the source data,
• a command-transmission processing section configured to perform transmission processing to transmit the plurality of motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, and
• a source-data-input accepting section configured to accept input of the source data to be stored in the source-data storage section, from an exterior, and
• each of the work-element performing apparatuses is replaceable by another work-element performing apparatus of a different type based on rewritten source data in accordance with a change of the manufacture work.

A manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work, comprising:

• a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of a plurality of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, and
• a central control device configured to control the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in a centralized manner, such that a plurality of motion commands are sequentially transmitted, each of the plurality of motion commands being a command for one motion to be performed by one of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, wherein
• each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses has (i) an individual control device configured to control an operation of a respective apparatus of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, and (ii) at least one operating device for performing a work element corresponding to said each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses,
• the individual control devices are configured to (1) recognize a matter of the motion command transmitted from the central control device for the respective work-element performing apparatus to be operated by the motion command, and (2) to control an operation of the at least one operating device of the respective work-element performing apparatus so as to permit the respective work-element performing apparatus to which the individual control device belongs to perform one motion corresponding to the motion command,
• at least one of the individual control devices cannot use the motion command to control operation of the at least one operating device of the respective work-element performing apparatus to be operated by the motion command, but is configured to translate the motion command to a modified motion command that is used to control operation of the at least one operating device of the respective work-element performing apparatus,
• the manufacture work machine is an assembling work machine configured to assemble a plurality of components into an assembled article,
• the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses include different types of apparatuses, including:
• a conveyor configured to perform conveyance of at least one of a first component which is one of a plurality of components and the assembled article, as one of the plurality of work elements,
• a component supplier configured to perform supply of a second component which is the other one of the plurality of components, as another one of the plurality of work elements, and
• a work head configured to perform a motion necessary for assembling the second component to the first component, as still another one of the plurality of work elements,
• the central control device is configured, based on a judgment by the central control device that the motion command can be transmitted, to transmit to the conveyor, the component supplier, and the work head, the motion command in a format designated for the respective apparatus,
• the central control device includes:
• a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded a matter of each of the plurality of work elements to be performed by each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses to perform the manufacture work,
• a motion-command generating section configured to generate the plurality of motion commands on the basis of the source data,
• a command-transmission processing section configured to perform transmission processing to transmit the plurality of motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses, and
• a source-data-input accepting section configured to accept input of the source data to be stored in the source-data storage section, from an exterior, and
• each of the work-element performing apparatuses is replaceable by another work-element performing apparatus of a different type based on rewritten source data in accordance with a change of the manufacture work.