Robot system and robot cell
This robot system includes: an automated guided vehicle that includes a support surface and automatically travels; a robot cell including a seat surface to be mounted on the support surface, a ground contact portion protruding downward from the seat surface so as to contact with a ground, an articulated arm, and a robot controller that controls operation of the articulated arm; and a switching mechanism that performs switching between a transferable state in which the seat surface is mounted on the support surface and the ground contact portion is separated from the ground, and a placed state in which the seat surface is separated from the support surface and the ground contact portion contacts with the ground.
1 . A robot system comprising:
an automated guided vehicle that includes a support surface and automatically travels;
a robot cell including a seat surface to be mounted on the support surface, a ground contact portion protruding downward from the seat surface so as to contact with a ground, an articulated arm, a robot controller that controls operation of the articulated arm, and a robot battery at least as a power source of the robot controller, wherein the robot cell includes a plurality of contacts located in an arrangement, and the plurality of contacts determine if the robot cell is seated properly on the automated guided vehicle; and
a switching structure that performs switching between a transferable state in which the seat surface is mounted on the support surface and the ground contact portion is separated from the ground, and a placed state in which the seat surface is separated from the support surface and the ground contact portion contacts with the ground,
wherein the robot cell further includes a mounting detector that detects whether or not the seat surface is mounted on the support surface,
the automated guided vehicle includes a support detector that detects whether or not the support surface is supporting the robot cell,
the robot system includes the robot cells, and
the support detector detects and identifies which of the robot cells the support surface is supporting.
2 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein
the robot system includes the automated guided vehicles, and
the mounting detector detects on which of the support surfaces among the automated guided vehicles the seat surface is mounted.
3 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein
the switching structure includes a raising/lowering actuator that raises/lowers the support surface and is attached to the automated guided vehicle.
4 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein
the robot cell further includes one or more tools to be detachably and selectively attached to a distal end of the articulated arm.
5 . A robot cell to be transferred by an automated guided vehicle that includes a support surface and automatically travels, the robot cell comprising:
a seat surface to be seated on the support surface;
a ground contact portion protruding downward from the seat surface so as to contact with a ground;
an articulated arm;
a robot controller that controls operation of the articulated arm;
a robot battery at least as a power source of the robot controller, wherein the robot cell includes a plurality of contacts located in an arrangement, and the plurality of contacts determine if the robot cell is seated properly on the automated guided vehicle;
a mounting detector that detects whether or not the seat surface is mounted on the support surface at a time of switching between a transferable state in which the seat surface is mounted on the support surface and the ground contact portion is separated from the ground, and a placed state in which the seat surface is separated from the support surface and the ground contact portion contacts with the ground; and
an identifier that uniquely identifies the robot cell to the automated guided vehicle when the seat surface is seated on the support surface of the automated guided vehicle.
6 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein
the robot system includes the automated guided vehicles.
7 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein
the mounting detector detects on which of the support surfaces among the automated guided vehicles the seat surface is mounted.
8 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein a housing of the robot cell is a cuboid.
9 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein the seat surface is located external to the robot cell in the transferable state.
10 . The robot cell according to claim 5 , wherein a housing is a cuboid.
11 . The robot cell according to claim 5 , wherein the seat surface is located external to the robot cell in the transferable state.
12 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of contacts are used to determine which particular automated guided vehicle is supporting the robot cell.
13 . The robot system according to claim 1 , wherein the automated guided vehicle includes a corresponding number of second contacts that align with the plurality of contacts of the robot cell.
14 . The robot system according to claim 13 , wherein two or more of the second contacts are conductive to each other.
15 . The robot system according to claim 14 , wherein the second contacts are located on the support surface of the automated guided vehicle.