Coupling method and robot system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHideki Hata, Masaki Miyasaka
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Abstract
A coupling method of coupling a flexible flat cable to a connector by a robot, includes a preparation step of preparing the connector having an insertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted and a seat having an introduction surface placed at a front side of the insertion hole and continuously coupled to the insertion hole, a first moving step of gripping the flat cable and moving the flat cable to a position facing the seat; and a pressing step of bringing the flat cable into contact with the introduction surface in a posture inclined relative to the seat with an end of the flat cable facing the insertion hole side and pressing the flat cable against the introduction surface, and moving the end toward the connector side.
Claims7
A coupling method of coupling a flexible flat cable to a connector by a robot, comprising:
- a preparation step of preparing the connector having an insertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted and a seat having an introduction surface placed at a front side of the insertion hole and continuously coupled to the insertion hole;
- a first moving step of gripping the flat cable and moving the flat cable to a position facing the seat;
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- a pressing step of bringing the flat cable into contact with the introduction surface in a posture inclined relative to the seat with an end of the flat cable facing the insertion hole side and pressing the flat cable against the introduction surface, and moving the end of the flat cable toward the connector side,
- wherein in the pressing step, a coupling end portion (931) of the flat cable is inserted into the insertion hole (920) of the connector.
A robot system that performs a work of coupling a flexible flat cable to a connector, comprising:
- a robot that grips the flat cable;
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- a robot control apparatus that controls the robot, wherein
- the connector has an insertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted,
- a seat having an introduction surface continuously coupled to the insertion hole is placed at a front side of the insertion hole, and
- the robot control apparatus controls the robot to perform
- a first moving operation of gripping the flat cable and moving the flat cable to a position facing the seat, and
- a pressing operation of bringing the flat cable into contact with the introduction surface in a posture inclined relative to the seat with an end of the flat cable facing the insertion hole side and further pressing the flat cable against the introduction surface, and moving the end toward the connector side,
- wherein in the pressing operation, a coupling end portion (931) of the flat cable is inserted into the insertion hole (920) of the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.