Industrial robot
OwnerTatsuya Ideda, Kazuhito Ochiaiinventors
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Abstract
An industrial robot is provided with consistency judging means for judging whether or not software in a teach pendant is consistent with software in a control unit, and therefore, it is possible to display a state of inconsistency in the teach pendant, in case where inconsistency has happened. Moreover, it is possible to update the software of at least one of the teach pendant and the control unit, by transferring the software for the control unit from the teach pendant to the control unit, or by transferring the software for the teach pendant from the control unit to the teach pendant.
Claims7
An industrial robot comprising;
- a teach pendant for operating the robot,
- a control unit for controlling the robot in its entirety to which said teach pendant and a manipulator are connected, and
- consistency judging means for judging whether or not software in said teach pendant is consistent with software in said control unit.
A method of controlling an industrial robot provided with a teach pendant for operating the robot, and a control unit for controlling the robot in its entirety to which said teach pendant and a manipulator are connected, said method comprising;
- a step of reading version information of software for the control unit,
- a step of reading version information of software for the teach pendant, and
- a step of comparing the version information of the software for the control unit and the version information of the software for the teach pendant thereby to check consistency between them.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.