Robot system and control method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoyasu Masukawa, Yuji Shimada
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Abstract
In a robot system, a control section causes a first gripping section to grip a connector of a cable, at one end of which the connector is provided and the other end of which is fixed, causes an imaging section to image the connector, causes, based on a result of the imaging by the imaging section, a second gripping section to grip the connector in a state in which the position of the first gripping section is maintained, causes the first gripping section to release the gripping of the connector, causes, based on the imaging result, the second gripping section to adjust a posture of the connector, and causes the first gripping section to grip the connector, the posture of which is adjusted, again.
Claims6
A robot system comprising:
- a first robot including a first arm;
- a first gripping section coupled to the first arm;
- a second robot including a second arm;
- a second gripping section coupled to the second arm;
- an imaging section set in the second arm;
- and
- a control section configured to control operations of the first robot, the first gripping section, the second robot, the second gripping section, and the imaging section, wherein
- the control section causes the first gripping section to perform first gripping to grip a connector of a cable, at one end of which the connector is provided and another end of which is fixed, causes the imaging section to image the connector, causes, based on a result of the imaging by the imaging section, the second gripping section to grip the connector in a state in which a position of the first gripping section is maintained, causes the first gripping section to release the gripping of the connector, causes, based on the imaging result, the second gripping section to adjust a posture of the connector, and causes the first gripping section to perform second gripping to grip the connector, the posture of which is adjusted,
- the first gripping section includes a first claw section and a second claw section that come into contact with and separate from each other, and
- in a state in which the first claw section and the second claw section are in contact, the first claw section and the second claw section form a hole section through which the cable is inserted.
A control method for a robot system including:
- a first robot including a first arm;
- a first gripping section coupled to the first arm;
- a second robot including a second arm;
- a second gripping section coupled to the second arm;
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- an imaging section set in the second arm, the control method comprising:
- gripping, with the first gripping section, a connector of a cable, at one end of which the connector is provided and another end of which is fixed;
- imaging the connector with the imaging section;
- gripping the connector with the second gripping section to perform first griping based on a result of the imaging by the imaging section in a state in which a position of the first gripping section is maintained;
- releasing the gripping of the connector by the first gripping section;
- adjusting a posture of the connector with the second gripping section based on the imaging result;
- and
- gripping the connector, the posture of which is adjusted, with the first gripping section to perform second gripping,
- wherein the first gripping section includes a first claw section and a second claw section that are selectively brought into contact with and seperated from each other, and
- in a state in which the first claw section and the second claw section are in contact, the first claw section and the second claw section form a hole section through which the cable is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.