US 2024/0198531 A1 · SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

This system includes a robot and a machine tool or another robot for cooperating with each other, and the system is provided with a reference clock that updates time periodically. The robot and the machine tool or another robot is equipped with: an internal clock; a storage unit which, by previously executing a created operation program on the basis of the internal clock, stores therein data regarding positions and times involved in said operation program between a synchronization start command and a synchronization end command; and an operation unit which causes, during synchronous operation in the operation program, the robot and the machine tool or another robot, to operate in synchronization with the reference clock on the basis of the reference clock and data of the positions and times of the operation program that have been stored by the storage unit.

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Dependent claims

A system including a robot and at least one of a machine tool or other robot, the robot and at least one of the machine tool or the other robot cooperating with each other, comprising:

a reference clock that periodically updates a clock time,
wherein at least one of the robot, the machine tool, or the other robot includes
an internal clock,
a saving unit that saves, by executing a created operation program in advance based on the internal clock, data on a position and a clock time from a synchronization start command to a synchronization end command of the operation program, and
an operation unit that operates at least one of the robot, the machine tool, or the other robot in synchronization with the reference clock based on the reference clock and the position and clock-time data of the operation program saved by the saving unit in synchronous operation according to the operation program.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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