Welding Robot System
AssigneeDAIHEN Corporation
InventorTakumi AOKI
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Abstract
A welding robot system includes a welding torch unit, a switch unit that puts a robot into a state where it can operate in response to an external force, a button unit that generates an arc, an operation mode setting unit that sets an operation mode, and a welding control unit. The switch unit and the button unit are provided on the torch mount. When the operation mode is set to a direct operation mode in which an operator applies an external force directly to the robot with his or her hands and moves and operates the robot in response to the external force and welding is possible, the welding control unit generates an arc when both the switch unit and the button unit are continuously pressed, and causes the robot to operate differently depending on whether the switch unit or the button unit is pressed first.
Claims5
A welding robot system comprising:
- a welding torch unit attached to a tip of a robot arm of a collaborative robot;
- a switch unit that enables the collaborative robot to operate in response to an external force while being pressed;
- a button unit that generates an arc from the welding torch unit while being pressed;
- an operation mode setting unit that sets an operation mode for operating the collaborative robot;
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- a welding control unit that controls welding, wherein
- the switch unit and the button unit are provided on either the robot arm or a member that is attached to the robot arm and is attached to a position different from the welding torch unit,
- when the operation mode is set to a direct operation mode in which an operator applies an external force directly to the collaborative robot with his or her hands and moves and operates the collaborative robot in response to the external force, and when welding is possible, the welding control unit generates an arc when both the switch unit and the button unit are continuously pressed, while causing the collaborative robot to operate differently depending on which of the switch unit and the button unit is pressed first.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.