Method of teaching robot and robot system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideaki Suzuki, Keita Dan, Naoki Tsukabe
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Abstract
A robot system includes a robot, a vision sensor, and a controller. The vision sensor is configured to be detachably attached to the robot. The controller is configured to measure a reference object by using the vision sensor and calibrate a relative relationship between a sensor portion of the vision sensor and an engagement portion of the vision sensor, and teach the robot by referring to the relative relationship and by using the vision sensor, after the vision sensor is attached to the robot.
Claims21
1-10. (canceled)
A method of controlling a robot system, the method comprising:
- obtaining visual information of an object with a vision sensor;
- calculating a positional relationship between a first portion of the vision sensor and a second portion of a robot by the visual information with a controller;
- and
- adjusting a teach point of the robot by the positional relationship with the controller.
A robot system comprising a robot and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to controls the robot system by the method according to claim 1.
A method of controlling a robot system, the method comprising:
- obtaining visual information of an object with a vision sensor;
- calculating a positional relationship between a first portion of the vision sensor and a second portion of a robot by the visual information with a controller;
- and
- adjusting a posture of the robot by the positional relationship with the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.