US 2023/0405825 A1 · ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD

Abstract

A combination of a plurality of robots is changed in accordance with work and communication loads between the robots is reduced. A robot control device is connected to a line concentrator and constitutes a virtual local area network together with at least one other robot control device connected to the line concentrator. The robot control device includes a setting unit for setting a plurality of setting information items of the virtual local area network, a storage unit for storing the plurality of setting information items, and a transmission unit for transmitting, to the line concentrator, setting request information for the setting information selected from the plurality of setting information items. The robot control device may be configured to send an instruction to start a tracking operation to the at least one other robot control device via the transmission unit and the line concentrator.

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Dependent claims

A robot control device connected to a line concentrator and constituting a virtual local area network together with at least one other robot control device connected to the line concentrator, the robot control device comprising:

a setting unit setting a plurality of pieces of setting information about the virtual local area network;
a storage unit storing the plurality of pieces of setting information set by the setting unit;
and
a transmission unit transmitting, to the line concentrator, setting request information requesting setting to a piece of setting information selected from among the plurality of pieces of setting information.

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A robot control system comprising a plurality of robot control devices controlling a plurality of robots, respectively, and a line concentrator connected to the plurality of robot control devices and being capable of constituting a virtual local area network among at least two robot control devices among the plurality of robot control devices, wherein

one robot control device among the at least two robot control devices comprises a setting unit setting a plurality of pieces of setting information about the virtual local area network, a storage unit storing the plurality of pieces of setting information set by the setting unit;
and a transmission unit transmitting, to the line concentrator, setting request information requesting setting to a piece of setting information selected from among the plurality of pieces of setting information;
and
the line concentrator sets the virtual local area network among the at least two robot control devices, based on the setting request information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Robot control device, robot control system, and robot control method

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