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US 10,300,597 B2Granted
Robot and method of operating robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasaru Takahashi
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Abstract
A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench.
Claims16
A robot comprising:
- a base;
- rotating members provided to the base;
- a grip section provided to the base;
- a body connected to the base;
- a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body;
- a moving mechanism configured to move the body toward or away from the base;
- a position sensor disposed in the moving mechanism, the position sensor being configured to detect a position of the body relative to the base so as to output a position detection signal;
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- a robot controller provided to the base, the robot controller being configured to control the moving mechanism based on the position detection signal.
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