IP Library Granted Patent US 10,328,582
Granted Patent B2
US 10,328,582 · App. 15/865,879 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Process system including robot that transfers workpiece to process machine

Inventors: Daisuke Itou (Yamanashi, JP); Takashi Nagatomi (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,328,582
App. No.
15/865,879
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process system includes a detection device that detects a rotation angle of a workpiece when a robot grips the workpiece. The control device includes a storage unit that stores a reference rotation angle serving as a criterion for the rotation angle of the workpiece, and an error calculation unit that calculates a rotation error relative to the reference rotation angle in the rotation angle of the workpiece detected by the detection device. The control device corrects the rotation angle of the fixture based on the rotation error so as to correspond to the rotation angle of the workpiece detected by the detection device when the robot transfers the workpiece to the fixture.

Claims (19)

1. A process system comprising:

a process machine including a fixture where a workpiece is fixed;

a robot that transfers the workpiece to the fixture;

a control device that controls the process machine and the robot; and

a detection device that detects a rotation angle of the workpiece around a predetermined axis line when the robot grips the workpiece, wherein

the process machine includes a drive device that rotates the fixture,

the control device includes a storage unit that stores a reference rotation angle serving as a criterion of a rotation angle of the workpiece, and an error calculation unit that calculates a rotation error relative to the reference rotation angle in the rotation angle of the workpiece detected by the detection device, and

the control device corrects the rotation angle of the fixture based on the rotation error so as to correspond to the rotation angle of the workpiece detected by the detection device when the robot transfers the workpiece to the fixture.

2. The process system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection device includes a visual sensor that captures an image of the workpiece.

3. The process system according to claim 2 , wherein the visual sensor is a three-dimensional visual sensor.

4. The process system according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection device detects a position of the workpiece when the robot grips the workpiece,

the storage unit stores a reference position as a criterion for the position of the workpiece,

the error calculation unit calculates a position error relative to the reference position in the position of the workpiece detected by the detection device, and

the control device corrects a position of the fixture based on the position error so as to correspond to the position of the workpiece detected by the detection device when the robot transfers the workpiece to the fixture.

5. The process system according to claim 4 , wherein the process machine includes at least two linear-motion axes for linearly moving the fixture, and at least one rotation axis for rotating the fixture.

6. The process system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device includes a process machine control device that controls the process machine, a robot control device that controls the robot, and a communication apparatus that carries out communications between the process machine control device and the robot control device, and

the robot control device includes the storage unit and the error calculation unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
From: ITOU, DAISUKE; NAGATOMI, TAKASHI
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044579/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-008373 · Jan 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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