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US 2015/0027862 A1Published application
Robot and emergency stop method of robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKaoru Takeuchi, Tatsuya Matsudo
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Abstract
A robot includes a power source of the robot, and a switch section adapted to block electrical power supply to the power source. The switch section is disposed on a front side of the robot arranged to face to a workbench when at work. The switch section blocks the electrical power supply to the power source in a case in which it is detected that a distance between the robot and the workbench is longer than a predetermined distance.
Claims10
A robot comprising:
- a power source of the robot;
- and
- a switch section adapted to block electrical power supply to the power source,
- wherein the switch section is disposed on a front side of the robot arranged to face to a workbench when at work, and
- the switch section blocks the electrical power supply to the power source in a case in which it is detected that a distance between the robot and the workbench is longer than a predetermined distance.
2 more elements
An emergency stop method of a robot, comprising:
- detecting, by a switch section disposed on a front side of the robot arranged to face to a workbench when at work, that a distance between the robot and the workbench is longer than a predetermined distance;
- and
- blocking, by the switch section, electrical power supply to a power source of the robot in accordance with a detection result in the detecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.