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US 2016/0256997 A1Published application
Robot and method of operating robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasaru TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench.
Claims20
A robot comprising:
- a base;
- a body connected to the base;
- a first articulated arm rotatably connected to the body;
- a second articulated arm rotatably connected to the body;
- a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base;
- and
- a robot control device provided to the base.
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