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US 10,363,661 · App. 15/656,332 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Control device, robot, and robot system

Inventors: Junya Ueda (Azumino, JP); Masakazu Kobayashi (Shiojiri, JP); Yasuhiro Shimodaira (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B25J9/1687B25J9/1633B25J13/085B25J15/0019G05B2219/39529G05B2219/40072G05B2219/45091
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Patent No.
US 10,363,661
App. No.
15/656,332
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device which controls a robot having a moving part includes: a processor which is configured to cause an end effector provided on the moving part to move an insertion object, bring the insertion object into contact with an insertion hole provided in an insertion target object in the state where the insertion object is tilted from a center axis of the insertion hole, and subsequently insert the insertion object into the insertion hole.

Claims (17)

1. A control device which controls a robot having a moving part, the control device comprising:

a processor configured to cause an end effector provided on the moving part to move an insertion object, bring the insertion object into contact with an insertion hole provided in the insertion target object in a state where the insertion object is tilted from a center axis of the insertion hole, and subsequently insert the insertion object into the insertion hole, wherein

the processor is configured to move a position of a reference site moving with the moving part to a target position, and control to move the position of the reference site to the target position while the insertion object is inserted into the insertion hole,

the end effector includes a screwdriver,

the insertion object is a screw attached to the screwdriver, and

the processor is configured to move the position of the reference site in the insertion direction at a speed which is set based on a product of a number of rotations per unit time of the screwdriver and a lead for the screw.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

a force acting on the insertion object in an insertion direction in the insertion hole while the insertion object is inserted into the insertion hole is greater than a force acting in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor which is configured to cause an output from a force detection unit provided in the moving part to reach a target force, and cause the force direction in the insertion direction to reach the target force while the insertion object is inserted into the insertion hole.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor which is configured to cause the target force in the direction orthogonal to the insertion direction to become 0 while the insertion object is inserted into the insertion hole.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor which is configured to start control to insert the insertion object into the insertion hole after moving a reference site moving with the moving part to a suggested position,

the suggested position is set to a position displaced in a displacement direction from a center of the insertion hole,

the center of the insertion hole is a center in the case where the insertion hole is viewed in a line-of-sight direction parallel to the center axis, and

the displacement direction is a direction in which an end part on the side of the insertion hole of the insertion object tilts from the center axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2017
From: UEDA, JUNYA; KOBAYASHI, MASAKAZU; SHIMODAIRA, YASUHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-147092 · Jul 27, 2016 · national
JP 2017-081131 · Apr 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180029234A1 · Feb 1, 2018
Cited By (1)
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