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Granted Patent B2
US 11,052,542 · App. 16/275,346 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Robot system and control method of robot

Inventor: Kazuhiro Takizawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
B25J9/1697B05B12/084B05B12/124B05B13/0431B05C5/0216B05C11/1005B25J11/0075
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Patent No.
US 11,052,542
App. No.
16/275,346
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robot system and a control method of a robot are provided. A robot, a liquid application part, an application thickness measurement part and a control part are provided, the liquid application part being provided on the robot, the application thickness measurement part measuring an application thickness of a liquid applied by the liquid application part, the control part, in a case where the application thickness measured by the application thickness measurement part is greater than a predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the liquid application part closer to an application object, and in a case where the application thickness measured by the application thickness measurement part is less than the predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the liquid application part away from the application object.

Claims (15)

1. A robot system comprising:

a robot;

a dispenser head provided on the robot;

an optical sensor measuring an application thickness of a liquid applied by the dispenser head; and

a processor, in a case where the application thickness measured by the optical sensor is greater than a predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the dispenser head closer to an application object, and in a case where the application thickness measured by the optical sensor is less than the predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the dispenser head away from the application object,

wherein the dispenser head comprises a syringe and a nozzle, wherein a discharge of the liquid is suppressed by creating negative pressure inside the syringe, and the discharge of the liquid is performed by creating atmospheric pressure or positive pressure inside the syringe,

the processor adjusts a supply amount of the liquid to the application object by adjusting a distance between the nozzle and the application object.

2. The robot system according to claim 1 wherein the optical sensor measures a distance from the optical sensor to a surface of the application object and a distance from the optical sensor to a surface of the liquid applied on the surface of the application object, and measures the application thickness of the liquid by calculating a difference between these distances.

3. A control method of a robot, comprising following steps:

measuring an application thickness of a liquid applied by a dispenser head provided on the robot;

in a case where the application thickness measured by an optical sensor is greater than a predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the dispenser head closer to an application object; and

in a case where the application thickness measured by the optical sensor is less than the predetermined thickness, driving the robot in a manner of moving the dispenser head away from the application object,

wherein the dispenser head comprises a syringe and a nozzle, wherein a discharge of the liquid is suppressed by creating negative pressure inside the syringe, and the discharge of the liquid is performed by creating atmospheric pressure or positive pressure inside the syringe,

wherein the control method further comprises:

adjusting a supply amount of the liquid to the application object by adjusting a distance between the nozzle and the application object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: TAKIZAWA, KAZUHIRO
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048340/0589 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-048501 · Mar 15, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-012532 · Jan 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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