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US 10,399,221 B2Granted
Robot and robot system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasakazu Kobayashi, Tsuguya Kojima, Masaki Miyasaka
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Abstract
A robot includes an arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and detecting a force, wherein at least one of a first object and a second object is moved in a direction in which the first object and the second object are closer to each other by the arm, and, if contact of the first object with a position different from an insertion portion of the second object is determined based on output of the force detector, the first object and the second object are separated.
Claims3
A robot comprising:
- an arm;
- an end effector attached to an end of the arm, the end effector configured to hold a first object;
- a force sensor provided in the arm and configured to detect a force applied to the first object;
- a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions and a target position of a second object relative to the arm holding the first object;
- and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to:
- cause the arm holding the first object to move toward the second object in a first direction;
- after the arm holding the first object moves in the first direction, cause the force sensor to detect when the first object held by the arm contacts a non-target positon of the second object that is different from the target position;
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- after the force sensor detects the contact of the first object at the non-target position of the second object, cause the arm holding the first object to linearly move in a second direction away from the second object,
- wherein the second direction is different from the first direction and an opposite direction of the first direction,
- wherein the second object has a plurality of the non-target positions, and
- when the processor is configured to repeatedly cause the arm holding the first object to move toward the second object, contact some positions of the plurality of the non-target positions, and move the arm holding the first object away from the second object, and the some positions are helically located on the second object in a plan view.
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