Robot system and robot working method
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayuki Kamon, Hitoshi Hasunuma
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Abstract
A robot system includes a plurality of self-propelled robots, each including an autonomously travelable carriage and a robotic arm mounted on the carriage, and a single manipulation console that is operated by an operator to allow the operator to manually operate the plurality of self-propelled robots. The plurality of self-propelled robots include a first self-propelled robot that performs a given first work, and a second self-propelled robot that performs a given second work different in kind from the first work.
Claims7
A robot system, comprising:
- a plurality of self-propelled robots, each including an autonomously travelable carriage and a robotic arm mounted on the carriage;
- and
- a single manipulation console that is operated by an operator to allow the operator to manually operate the plurality of self-propelled robots,
- wherein the plurality of self-propelled robots include a first self-propelled robot that performs a given first work, and a second self-propelled robot that performs a given second work different in kind from the first work,
- wherein the manipulation console includes switching circuitry that selectively switches between operating the self-propelled robot automatically, enabling the manual operation of the self-propelled robot, and stopping the self-propelled robot,
- wherein the manipulation console includes automatic operation/stop circuitry that outputs an automatic operation/stop signal according to a given operation program, and an operation controller that selectively outputs the automatic operation/stop signal outputted from the automatic operation circuitry to the self-propelled robot to be operated automatically or stopped among the plurality of self-propelled robots, and
- wherein, when the manual operation of the first self-propelled robot is enabled, the manipulation console, based on the selection by the automatic operation/stop signal, makes the second self-propelled robot that has been manually operable either operate automatically or stop.
A robot working method using a plurality of self-propelled robots, each including an autonomously travelable carriage and a robotic arm mounted on the carriage, the method comprising:
- making a first self-propelled robot among the plurality of self-propelled robots perform a given first work, and making a second self-propelled robot among the plurality of self-propelled robots perform a given second work different in kind from the first work;
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- by an operator operating a single manipulation console, manually operating the first self-propelled robot or the second self-propelled robot selectively,
- wherein the manipulation console includes switching circuitry that selectively switches between operating the self-propelled robot automatically, enabling the manual operation of the self-propelled robot, and stopping the self-propelled robot,
- wherein the manipulation console includes automatic operation/stop circuitry that outputs an automatic operation/stop signal according to a given operation program, and an operation controller that selectively outputs the automatic operation/stop signal outputted from the automatic operation circuitry to the self-propelled robot to be operated automatically or stopped among the plurality of self-propelled robots, and
- wherein, when the manual operation of the first self-propelled robot is enabled, the manipulation console, based on the selection by the automatic operation/stop signal, makes the second self-propelled robot that has been manually operable either operate automatically or stop.
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