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US 11,235,463 B2Granted
Robot system and robot control method for cooperative work with human
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorGou Inaba
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Abstract
A robot system that can perform cooperative work in accordance with an action of a person. A robot system according to the present disclosure includes a robot, a detection apparatus detecting a work object and detecting a predetermined action of a worker with respect to the work object, and a robot controller causing the robot to execute a predetermined work on the work object detected by the detection apparatus when the detection apparatus detects the predetermined action.
Claims8
A robot system, comprising:
- a robot;
- a detection apparatus configured to detect a work object and a first predetermined action of a person to the work object;
- and
- a robot controller configured to cause the robot to execute a predetermined work on the work object detected by the detection apparatus, in response to the detection apparatus detecting the first predetermined action, wherein
- the detection apparatus is configured detect a second predetermined action of the person, the second predetermined action different from the first predetermined action, and
- the robot controller is further configured to cause the robot to
- grip and transport the work object based on a change of a distance between a position of the work object detected by the detection apparatus and a position of the person detected by the detection apparatus, and
- release the work object in response to the detection apparatus detecting the second predetermined action.
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A method of controlling a robot, comprising:
- detecting a work object;
- detecting a first predetermined action of a person to the work object;
- causing the robot to execute a predetermined work on the detected work object in response to a detection of the first predetermined action;
- detecting a second predetermined action of the person, the second predetermined action different from the first predetermined action;
- causing the robot to grip and transport the work object based on a change of a distance between a position of the detected work object and a detected position of the person;
- and
- causing the robot to release the work object in response to a detection of the second predetermined action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.