Robot information processing system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Watanabe, Tetsuya Kosaka, Yoshiharu Nagatsuka
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Abstract
A robot controller executes an operating program, calculates a position and posture of a robot, and sends the position and posture information to a personal computer (PC). At the PC side, on the basis of this position and posture information, animation display information of a work cell including the position and posture of the robot is created and then sent to a teaching pendant. In the teaching pendant, the animation display information is received, and an animation image is displayed on a display section. Until the operating program is terminated, this operation is performed so that an operating animation of the robot is displayed on the display section of the teaching pendant.
Claims37
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller,
- where the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path,
- wherein the information processing device comprises means for directly or indirectly sending information stored in the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path to the teaching pendant, where the stored information is based on control information received at the information processing device from the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path, and
- the teaching pendant comprises means for displaying the information on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the information.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller,
- where the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path,
- wherein the information processing device comprises means for sending information stored in the information processing device via the robot controller to the teaching pendant, where the robot controller functions as the bi-directional communication path between the teaching pendant and the information processing device, and where the stored information is based on control information received at the information processing device from the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path, and
- the teaching pendant comprises means for displaying the information on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the information.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller,
- where the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path,
- wherein the information processing device generates display information for displaying a robot operation in a form of animation on the basis of operating position information of a robot sent from the robot controller to the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path, and
- the robot information processing system comprises means for directly or indirectly sending the generated display information from the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path to the teaching pendant, where the display information is based on control information received at the information processing device from the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path, and
- the teaching pendant displays the display information in a form of animation on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the display information.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller,
- where the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path,
- wherein the information processing device generates display information for displaying a robot operation in a form of animation on the basis of operating position information of a robot sent from the robot controller to the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path, and
- the robot information processing system comprises means for sending the generated display information from the information processing device via the robot controller to the teaching pendant, where the robot controller functions as the bi-directional communication path between the information processing device and the teaching pendant, and where the display information is based on control information received at the information processing device from the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path, and,
- the teaching pendant comprises means for displaying the display information in a form of animation on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the display information.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller, where
- the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path,
- the information processing device sends information stored in the information processing device to the teaching pendant, and where
- the teaching pendant displays part of the information on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the information.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller,
- where the information processing device sends information stored in the information processing device to the teaching pendant via a bi-directional communication path shared by the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device, where
- the teaching pendant displays part of the information on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the information, where the teaching pendant operates upon various information for a display stored in the information processing device, and where the operating upon the various information for the display comprises displaying a guidance for information modifying for a display on the display section of the teaching pendant.
A robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller, where
- the robot controller, the teaching pendant, and the information processing device share a bi-directional communication path, where
- the information processing device sends information stored in the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path to the teaching pendant, where the stored information is based on control information received at the information processing device from the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path, and where
- the teaching pendant displays the information on a display section of the teaching pendant on the basis of the information.
A method of controlling a robot information processing system comprising a robot controller having a teaching pendant and an information processing device provided separately from the robot controller, the method comprising:
- operating the robot controller or a program executing therein by sending operation information from the teaching pendant to the robot controller via a bi-directional communication path;
- responsive to the operating of the robot controller by the teaching pendant, sending output from the robot controller to the information processing device via the bi-directional communication path;
- and
- at the information processing device, generating animation information based on the output of the robot controller and sending the animation information from the information processing device to the teaching pendant via the bi-directional communication path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.