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US 6,895,306 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for controlling a tray changer incorporated in a robot control system
AssigneesDenso Wave Incorporated, Kanto Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyouichi Ebisawa, Masahiko Hashizume
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Abstract
A control circuit of a tray changer is interfaced with a control circuit of a robot. A tray changer control program, used for operating the tray changer, is loaded into the robot control system. The robot control system itself, or an operator manipulating an operating terminal of the robot, controls or operates the tray changer according to the tray changer control program loaded in the robot control system.
Claims3
A method for controlling a tray changer incorporated in a robot control system, comprising:
- a step of interfacing a control circuit of said tray changer with a control circuit of a robot;
- a step of loading a tray changer control program into the robot control system, said tray changer control program being used for operating said tray changer;
- and
- a step of causing said robot control system or an operating terminal of the robot to control or operate said tray changer according to said tray changer control program;
- wherein
- said step of causing said robot control system or the operating terminal of the robot to control or operate said tray changer according to said tray changer control program is feasible for simultaneously controlling or operating a plurality of tray changers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.