Robot system

A robot system comprising:

• a robot controller;
• an object robot which is an object to be controlled by the robot controller;
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• an upper-level device with which the robot controller is connected;
• wherein the object robot comprises a first storage part which stores a hardware identifier for identifying a mechanism of the object robot, individual discrimination data which discriminate the object robot as an individual, and device specific data including an individual difference parameter which is specific to the object robot;
• wherein a same hardware identifier is assigned to a different model of an object robot having a same mechanism as the object robot to be controlled by the robot controller;
• wherein the upper-level device comprises a template storage part which stores common configuration information of each of a plurality of the different hardware identifiers;
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• wherein the robot controller comprises:
• a second storage part which stores common configuration information corresponding to the hardware identifier and the individual discrimination data and the individual difference parameter of an object robot connected with the robot controller;
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• a control part configured to control the object robot connected with the robot controller based on hardware definition information comprising the common configuration information and the individual difference parameter;
• wherein the control part collates the hardware identifier corresponding to the common configuration information stored in the second storage part and the hardware identifier assigned to the object robot and, in a case that the hardware identifier corresponding to the common configuration information stored in the second storage part and the hardware identifier assigned to the object robot are matched with each other, the control part collates the individual discrimination data stored in the first storage part and the individual discrimination data stored in the second storage part and, when the individual discrimination data stored in the first storage part and the individual discrimination data stored in the second storage part are not matched with each other, the control part creates hardware definition information of the object robot based on the common configuration information stored in the second storage part and the individual difference parameter read from the first storage part, and the control part controls the object robot by using the hardware definition information, and
• wherein in a case that the hardware identifier corresponding to the common configuration information stored in the second storage part and the hardware identifier assigned to the object robot are collated and not matched with each other, the control part reads the common configuration information corresponding to the hardware identifier assigned to the object robot from the template storage part and updates the common configuration information in the second storage part and creates the hardware definition information of the object robot by using the common configuration information after being updated, and the control part controls the object robot by using the created hardware definition information.