Information sharing system and method of sharing information between a plurality of robot systems
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiko Hashimoto, Masayuki Kamon
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Abstract
An information sharing system between a plurality of robot systems includes a plurality of robot systems, communicatably connected with each other through a network, and configured to be capable of presetting a given operation of a robot and repeating a correction of the operation, and a storage device, connected with the network and configured to store corrected information containing corrected operating information that is operating information for causing the robot to execute a given operation corrected in at least one of the robot systems. Each of the plurality of robot systems shares the corrected information stored in the storage device and operates the robot based on the sharing corrected information.
Claims6
An information sharing system between a plurality of robot systems, the information sharing system comprising:
- a plurality of robot systems connected to and configured to communicate with each other through a network, the plurality of robot systems being configured to preset a given operation of a robot arm and repeat a correction of the given operation;
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- a storage device connected with the network and configured to store corrected operating information causing the robot arm to execute the given operation corrected in at least one robot system of the plurality of robot systems, the at least one robot system of the robot systems includes (i) a camera configured to capture an image of a work situation of the robot arm, and (ii) a monitor displaying the captured image for an operator to view the work situation of the robot arm, and the at least one robot system of the robot systems is configured to correct a route of the robot arm in real time by input from the operator while the operator is viewing the monitor when the robot arm is automatically operating and performing an operation on a work object,
- wherein each robot system of the plurality of robot systems shares the corrected operating information stored in the storage device and operates the robot arm based on the shared corrected operating information.
A method of sharing information between a plurality of robot systems, the plurality of robot systems being connected to and configured to communicate with each other through a network, the plurality of robot systems being configured to preset a given operation of a robot arm and repeat a correction of the operation, the method comprising:
- storing, in a storage device connected with the network, corrected operating information causing the robot arm to execute the given operation corrected in at least one robot system of the plurality of robot systems, the at least one robot system of the robot systems includes (i) a camera configured to capture an image of a work situation of the robot arm, and (ii) a monitor displaying the captured image for an operator to view the work situation of the robot arm, and the at least one robot system of the robot systems is configured to correct a route of the robot arm in real time by input, from the operator while the operator is viewing the monitor when the robot arm is automatically operating and performing an operation on a work object;
- sharing the corrected operating information stored in the storage device, in each of the plurality of robot systems;
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- operating the robot arm based on the shared corrected operating information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.