Control device, control method, and program
AssigneeJOHNAN Corporation
InventorsKozo MORIYAMA, Shin KAMEYAMA, Truong Gia VU, Lucas BROOKS
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Abstract
A control device, for controlling a robot that performs a task, according to one or more embodiments may be configured to cause the robot to perform the task. When a distance between the robot and a person is less than a predetermined value, the control device may be configured to change a movement path of the robot and to adjust the predetermined value in accordance with a workpiece held by the robot.
Claims3
A control device for controlling a robot that performs a task,
- the control device comprising:
- a task execution section that causes the robot to perform the task;
- an approach-handling process execution section that causes the robot to perform an approach-handling process when a distance between the robot and a person is less than a predetermined value;
- and
- a predetermined value adjustment section that adjusts the predetermined value in accordance with a workpiece held by the robot.
A control method for controlling a robot that performs a task, the control method comprising:
- causing the robot to perform the task;
- causing the robot to perform an approach-handling process when a distance between the robot and a person is less than a predetermined value;
- and
- adjusting the predetermined value in accordance with a workpiece held by the robot.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing, when read and executed, a computer to perform operations comprising:
- causing a robot to perform a task;
- causing the robot to perform an approach-handling process when a distance between the robot and a person is less than a predetermined value;
- and
- adjusting the predetermined value in accordance with a workpiece held by the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.