Robot system including robot having handle and method of controlling robot
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsYihua GU, Takashi SATOU
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Abstract
A robot system causing a robot to operate in response to a handling force, wherein a position of the robot can be adjusted with higher accuracy. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a robot system includes a robot having a handle, a force sensor configured to detect a handling force applied to the handle, and an inching motion execution section configured to execute an inching motion of causing the robot to move by a movement amount determined in response to the handling force detected by the force sensor.
Claims9
A robot system comprising:
- a robot including a handle;
- a force sensor configured to detect a handling force applied to the handle;
- and
- an inching motion execution section configured to execute an inching motion to move the robot by a determined movement amount, in response to the handling force detected by the force sensor.
A method of controlling a robot including a handle, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a force sensor, a handling force applied to the handle;
- and
- executing an inching motion to move the robot by a determined movement amount, in response to the handling force detected by the force sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.