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US 2017/0151666 A1Published application
Robot and robot system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasakazu KOBAYASHI, Tsuguya KOJIMA, Masaki MIYASAKA
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Abstract
A robot includes an arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and detecting a force, wherein at least one of a first object and a second object is moved in a direction in which the first object and the second object are closer to each other by the arm, and, if contact of the first object with a position different from an insertion portion of the second object is determined based on output of the force detector, the first object and the second object are separated.
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A robot comprising:
- an arm;
- and
- a force detector provided in the arm and configured for detecting a force,
- wherein at least one of a first object and a second object is moved in a direction in which the first object and the second object are closer to each other by the arm, and, if a contact of the first object with the second object at a position of the second object which is different from an insertion portion of the second object is determined based on an output of the force detector, the first object and the second object are separated.
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