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US 10,702,987 B2Granted
Robot system having teach pendant communicating with robot controller
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsTetsuro Matsudaira, Syuntarou Toda
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Abstract
A robot system having a communication established between a robot controller and a teach pendant. The robot system includes a robot; a detecting section for detecting a sign received by the robot; a robot controller for controlling the robot; a teach pendant capable of communicating with the robot controller and inputting an operational instruction for the robot into the robot controller; and an input permission section for permitting input of the operational instruction from the teach pendant into the robot controller when the sign is detected by the detecting section.
Claims17
A robot system, comprising:
- a robot;
- a sensor configured to detect a sign received by the robot;
- a robot controller configured to control the robot;
- a teach pendant configured to
- communicate with the robot controller, and
- input an operational instruction for the robot into the robot controller;
- and
- a processor configured to permit input of the operational instruction from the teach pendant into the robot controller in response to the sensor detecting the sign, wherein
- the sensor is configured to detect, as the sign given from outside to the robot, at least one of
- a force applied from outside to the robot,
- a signal indicating a motion approaching the robot, or
- visual information indicating a predetermined body motion.
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A robot system, comprising:
- a plurality of robots;
- a sensor configured to detect a sign received by one or more of the plurality of robots;
- a plurality of robot controllers, each robot controller configured to control at least one robot among the plurality of robots;
- a network to which the plurality of robot controllers are connected;
- a teach pendant configured to
- communicate with any one of the plurality of robot controllers, and
- input an operational instruction into any one of the plurality of robot controllers;
- and
- a processor configured to permit input of the operational instruction from the teach pendant into a robot controller among the plurality of robot controllers, in response to the sensor detecting the sign at the at least one robot controlled by said robot controller.
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A robot system, comprising:
- a robot;
- a sensor configured to detect a sign received by the robot;
- a robot controller configured to control the robot;
- a teach pendant configured to
- communicate with the robot controller, and
- input an operational instruction for the robot into the robot controller;
- a processor configured to permit input of the operational instruction from the teach pendant into the robot controller in response to the sensor detecting the sign;
- and
- a storage device storing controller identification information identifying the robot controller, wherein
- the processor is configured to
- extract, from the storage device, the controller identification information corresponding to the robot controller for controlling the robot receiving the sign,
- notify the teach pendant of the extracted controller identification information, in response to the sensor detecting the sign, and
- establish communication usable for the input of the operational instruction for the robot receiving the sign, between the teach pendant notified of the controller identification information and the robot controller for controlling the robot receiving the sign.
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A robot system comprising:
- a robot;
- a sensor configured to detect a sign received by the robot;
- a robot controller configured to control the robot;
- a teach pendant configured to
- communicate with the robot controller, and
- input an operational instruction for the robot into the robot controller;
- a processor configured to permit input of the operational instruction from the teach pendant into the robot controller in response to the sensor detecting the sign;
- and
- a storage device storing pendant identification information identifying the teach pendant,
- wherein the processor is configured to
- extract the pendant identification information from the storage device,
- notify the robot controller for controlling the robot receiving the sign of the extracted pendant identification information, in response to the sensor detecting the sign, and
- establish communication usable for the input of the operational instruction for the robot receiving the sign, between the robot controller notified of the pendant identification information and the teach pendant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.