IP Library Granted Patent US 9,950,427
Granted Patent B2
US 9,950,427 · App. 15/208,950 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Robot, control apparatus, and robot system

Inventors: Akihiro Gomi (Fujimi, JP); Shunsuke Toshimitsu (Azumino, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,950,427
App. No.
15/208,950
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robot includes a robot arm and an inertial sensor provided in the robot arm. The robot arm is controlled using a weighting value for weighting output from the inertial sensor. In at least apart of a range in which the robot arm is movable, the weighting value is a first value when acceleration of the robot arm is first acceleration, and changes from the first value to a second value higher than the first value when the acceleration of the robot arm changes from the first acceleration to second acceleration lower than the first acceleration.

Claims (46)

1. A robot comprising:

a robot arm; and

an inertial sensor provided in the robot arm,

wherein the robot arm is controlled using a weighting value for weighting output from the inertial sensor, and

in at least a part of a range in which the robot arm is movable, the weighting value is a first value when an acceleration of the robot arm is a first acceleration, and changes from the first value to a second value higher than the first value when the acceleration of the robot arm changes from the first acceleration to a second acceleration which is lower than the first acceleration.

2. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein the robot arm is provided on a base and has a first arm rotatable about a first rotation shaft and a second arm rotatable about a second rotation shaft in an axis direction different from an axis direction of the first rotation shaft, and

a maximum length between the first rotation shaft and a distal end of the robot arm is equal to or more than 970 mm.

3. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein a mass of the robot arm is equal to or more than 30 kg.

4. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein maximum load provided in the robot arm exceeds 5 kg.

5. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in at least a part of the range in which the robot arm is movable, the acceleration of the robot arm when a load provided in the robot arm is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value is lower than the acceleration of the robot arm when the load is less than the threshold value.

6. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein the weighting value changes according to the acceleration of the robot arm.

7. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein the robot arm has a rotatable arm, and

the acceleration of the robot arm is an angular acceleration of the arm.

8. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein the robot arm has a rotatable arm, and

the range in which the robot arm is movable is a range in which the arm is rotatable.

9. The robot according to claim 1 ,

wherein the robot arm is provided on a base and has a first arm rotatable about a first rotation shaft, a second arm rotatable about a second rotation shaft in an axis direction different from an axis direction of the first rotation shaft, a first reducer that decelerates driving of the first arm, and a second reducer that decelerates driving of the second arm, and

rigidity of the first reducer and rigidity of the second reducer are equal to or more than 40000Nm/rad.

10. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 1 .

11. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 2 .

12. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 3 .

13. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 4 .

14. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 5 .

15. A control apparatus controlling the robot according to claim 6 .

16. A robot system comprising:

the robot according to claim 1 ; and

a control apparatus controlling the robot.

17. A robot system comprising:

the robot according to claim 2 ; and

a control apparatus controlling the robot.

18. A robot system comprising:

the robot according to claim 3 ; and

a control apparatus controlling the robot.

19. A robot system comprising:

the robot according to claim 4 ; and

a control apparatus controlling the robot.

20. A robot system comprising:

the robot according to claim 5 ; and

a control apparatus controlling the robot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2016
From: GOMI, AKIHIRO; TOSHIMITSU, SHUNSUKE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039146/0499 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-148095 · Jul 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170028554A1 · Feb 2, 2017