Teaching pendant for a robot

A robot teaching pendant for teaching or operating a robot, comprising:

• a least one of data storage means for temporarily storing robot programs from a robot controller and means for reading a robot program within the robot controller one by one;
• display data generating means for generating display data having teaching data from said robot programs;
• a display device for graphically displaying the display data generated by said display data generating means;
• an operator panel for operating said robot;
• means for converting three-dimensional data of the robot programs into two-dimensional data which can be obtained by protecting the three-dimensional data in a specific viewing direction, in order to display the three-dimensional data in two dimensions on the screen of said display device;
• and
• wherein said teaching data include data on taught points and data on the coordinate axes of a tool coordinate system for the tool center point (TCP) of the robot at each taught point.

A robot teaching pendant for teaching or operating a robot, comprising:

• a least one of data storage means for temporarily storing robot programs from a robot controller and means for reading a robot program within the robot controller one by one;
• display data generating means for generating display data from said robot programs;
• a display device having a touch panel on a display screen for graphically displaying the display data generated by said display data generating means;
• and
• an operator panel for operating said robot.

A robot teaching pendant for teaching or operating a robot, comprising:

• a least one of data storage means for temporarily storing robot programs from a robot controller and means for reading a robot program within the robot controller one by one;
• display data generating means for generating display data from said robot programs;
• a display device for graphically displaying the display data generated by said display data generating means;
• an operator panel for operating said robot;
• and
• movement plane specifying means for specifying a plane on which the taught points move, and operation command generating means which, specifying one of the taught points which are displayed on the screen of the display device by means of a touch-panel and also specifying the moving direction, cause the robot to move on the plane including said specified taught point, specified by said movement plane specifying means, in response to specifying operations of the taught points and moving direction.

A robot teaching pendant for teaching or operating a robot, comprising:

• a least one of data storage unit for temporarily storing robot programs from a robot controller and means for reading a robot program within the robot controller;
• display data generating unit for generating display data from said robot programs;
• a display device for graphically displaying the display data generated by said display data generating unit;
• an operator panel for operating said robot;
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• a plurality of jog buttons on said operator panel, wherein when one of said plurality of jog buttons is pressed an arrow appears on said display device indicating the direction of motion for said one of said plurality of jog buttons, whereby the motion of the robot may be seen on the display device before the robot actually operates.

A robot teaching pendant for teaching or operating a robot, comprising:

• a hand-held portable housing having an emergency stop button to stop movement of the robot, comprising:
• a least one of data storage unit for temporarily storing robot programs from a robot controller and means for reading a robot program within the robot controller;
• display data generating unit for generating display data from said robot programs;
• a display device for graphically displaying the display data generated by said display data generating unit;
• and
• an operator panel for operating said robot.