Robot system and method of manufacturing workpiece

A method of manufacturing a workpiece, the method comprising:

• making a robot hold one of a plurality of feed materials to be attached to a workpiece;
• and
• giving an instruction to the robot for an operation so that the robot holds each of the feed materials in an order when the robot attaches the feed materials to a workpiece, the order being reverse to an order which an instructing module last gave for holding each of the feed materials when the robot attached the feed materials to a workpiece;
• further comprising:
• storing in a storage module teaching information including, in a manner associated with each other, a type of the feed material and teaching data for the robot prepared in advance corresponding to the type when the feed materials are attached to the workpiece;
• and
• acquiring, using an acquiring module, the type of the feed material the robot is holding, wherein
• the instructing module acquires from the teaching information the teaching data corresponding to the type of the feed material acquired by the acquiring module and gives an instruction for an operation based on the teaching data acquired;
• further comprising:
• providing a main stocker in an area capable of being held by the robot and stores therein the feed materials;
• and
• providing a sub-stocker at a location closer to the robot than the main stocker, wherein
• the storage module further stores therein information by workpiece that is the teaching information associated with a type of the workpiece, and
• the instructing module acquires a type of the feed material corresponding to the type of the workpiece from the information by workpiece, and gives an instruction for an operation that prioritizes the sub-stocker over the main stocker as a storage destination of the feed material corresponding to the type of the feed material acquired;
• further comprising
• calculating, using a calculating module, a remaining amount of the feed materials based on an amount of the feed materials used, wherein
• the instructing module gives an instruction, when the remaining amount of the feed material the robot is holding falls below a given threshold, for an operation to exchange the feed material with the feed material of a same type stored in the main stocker.

A robot system comprising:

• a robot that holds one of a plurality of feed materials to be attached to a workpiece;
• and
• an instructing means that gives an instruction to the robot so that the robot holds each of the feed materials in an order when the robot attaches the feed materials to a workpiece, the order being reverse to an order which the instructing means last gave for holding each of the feed materials when the robot attached the feed materials to a workpiece;
• further comprising:
• a storage module that stores therein teaching information including, in a manner associated with each other, a type of the feed material and teaching data for the robot prepared in advance corresponding to the type when the feed materials are attached to the workpiece;
• and
• an acquiring module that acquires the type of the feed material the robot is holding, wherein
• the instructing means acquires from the teaching information the teaching data corresponding to the type of the feed material acquired by the acquiring module and gives an instruction for an operation based on the teaching data acquired;
• further comprising:
• a main stocker that is provided in an area capable of being held by the robot and stores therein the feed materials;
• and
• a sub-stocker provided at a location closer to the robot than the main stocker, wherein
• the storage module further stores therein information by workpiece that is the teaching information associated with a type of the workpiece, and
• the instructing means acquires a type of the feed material corresponding to the type of the workpiece from the information by workpiece, and gives an instruction for an operation that prioritizes the sub-stocker over the main stocker as a storage destination of the feed material corresponding to the type of the feed material acquired;
• further comprising
• a calculating module that calculates a remaining amount of the feed materials based on an amount of the feed materials used, wherein
• the instructing means gives an instruction, when the remaining amount of the feed material the robot is holding falls below a given threshold, for an operation to exchange the feed material with the feed material of a same type stored in the main stocker.