Robot system and control method for robot system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuki Kobari
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Abstract
A robot system includes a robot having a base, a robot arm coupled to the base, a motor that drives the robot arm, a supply unit that supplies electric power to the motor, and a switch mechanism that switches between a conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are conducting and a non-conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are not conducting, and a vehicle having a movement mechanism that transports the robot and an operation portion that operates the switch mechanism and turns the conduction state to the non-conduction state, and being configured to take a coupled state in which the vehicle is coupled to the base and a decoupled state in which the vehicle is decoupled from the base, wherein the operation portion operates the switch mechanism in the coupled state.
Claims9
A robot system comprising:
- a robot having a base, a robot arm coupled to the base, a motor that drives the robot arm, a supply unit that supplies electric power to the motor, and a switch mechanism that switches between a conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are conducting and a non-conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are not conducting;
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- a vehicle having a movement mechanism that transports the robot and an operation portion that operates the switch mechanism and turns the conduction state to the non-conduction state, and being configured to take a coupled state in which the vehicle is coupled to the base and a decoupled state in which the vehicle is decoupled from the base, wherein
- the operation portion operates the switch mechanism in the coupled state,
- the base has a recessed portion that the operation portion enters in the coupled state, and
- the switch mechanism is placed in the recessed portion.
A robot system comprising:
- a robot having a base, a robot arm coupled to the base, a motor that drives the robot arm, a supply unit that supplies electric power to the motor, and a switch mechanism that switches between a conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are conducting and a non-conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are not conducting;
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- a vehicle having a movement mechanism that transports the robot and an operation that operates the switch mechanism and turns the conduction state to the non-conduction state, and being configured to take a coupled state in which the vehicle is coupled to the base and a decoupled state in which the vehicle is decoupled from the base, wherein
- the operation portion operates the switch mechanism in the coupled state, and
- the conduction state is taken in the decoupled state.
A control method for a robot system including
- a robot having a base, a robot arm coupled to the base, a motor that drives the robot arm, a supply unit that supplies electric power to the motor, and a switch mechanism that switches between a conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are conducting and a non-conduction state in which the motor and the supply unit are not conducting,
- a vehicle having a movement mechanism that transports the robot and an operation portion that operates the switch mechanism and turns the conduction state to the non-conduction state, and being configured to take a coupled state in which the vehicle is coupled to the base and a decoupled state in which the vehicle is decoupled from the base, and
- a detection unit that detects a position relationship between the robot and the vehicle,
- the control method comprising:
- determining whether or not the base and the vehicle can be coupled based on a detection result of the detection unit, and
- operating the switch mechanism by the operation portion by bringing at least one of the robot and the vehicle closer to the other based on a determination result at the determination step, wherein
- the base has a recessed portion that the operation portion enters in the coupled state, and
- the switch mechanism is placed in the recessed portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.