Robot controller, simple installation-type robot, and method of controlling simple installation-type robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorDaisuke Kirihara
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Abstract
A robot includes an angular velocity sensor that detects the vibration of a robot. A control device allows the robot to perform a trial operation and acquires the measurement result measured by the angular velocity sensor during the trial operation as vibration information and analyzes the acquired vibration information based on maker evaluating information that is stored in a database. In the maker evaluating information, vibration information and the operating speed appropriate to the installation situation of the robot at which the vibration information is measured are associated with each other. Then, the robot is operated at an operating speed selected based on the analysis result of the vibration information.
Claims17
A robot controller that controls an operation of a robot mounted in a moving device, the robot controller comprising:
- a trial operation performing unit that allows the robot to perform a predetermined trial operation;
- an input unit to which the magnitude of vibration occurring in the robot is input from a vibration measuring unit disposed in the robot;
- a storage unit in which operating speed information that associates the magnitude of the vibration and an operating speed appropriate to the vibration with each other in advance is stored;
- an operating speed output unit that outputs the operating speed according to a measurement result based on the measurement result measured by the vibration measuring unit in the trial operation and the operating speed information;
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- a processing operation performing unit that allows the robot to perform a processing operation at the operating speed output by the operating speed output unit.
A simple installation-type robot comprising:
- a robot;
- a robot controller that controls an operation of a robot mounted in a moving device, the robot controller including:
- a trial operation performing unit that allows the robot to perform a predetermined trial operation;
- an input unit to which the magnitude of vibration occurring in the robot is input from a vibration measuring unit disposed in the robot;
- a storage unit in which operating speed information that associates the magnitude of the vibration and an operating speed appropriate to the vibration with each other in advance is stored;
- an operating speed output unit that outputs the operating speed according to a measurement result based on the measurement result measured by the vibration measuring unit in the trial operation and the operating speed information;
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- a processing operation performing unit that allows the robot to perform a processing operation at the operating speed output by the operating speed output unit;
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- a moving device, wherein the robot and the robot controller are disposed on the moving device.
A method of controlling a simple installation-type robot in which a robot and a robot controller controlling the robot are mounted in a moving device, the method comprising:
- allowing the robot to perform a predetermined trial operation;
- measuring the magnitude of vibration of the robot during the trial operation by using a vibration measuring unit that is disposed in the robot and measures the magnitude of the vibration of the robot;
- outputting an operating speed according to the measurement result-based on the measurement result measured by the vibration measuring unit and storing operating speed information that associates the magnitude of the vibration and the operating speed appropriate to the vibration with each other in advance;
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- allowing the robot to perform a processing operation at the output operating speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.