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US 12,263,604 · App. 17/875,452 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Control method for robot system and robot system

Inventors: Yutaka Arakawa (Suwa-Gun Hara-mura, JP); Tomohisa Iwazaki (Suwa-Gun Shimosuwa-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
B25J9/1697B25J9/0096B25J13/08B41J29/38
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Patent No.
US 12,263,604
App. No.
17/875,452
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control method for a robot system includes setting a robot arm in a first attitude, performing work in a first region of an object while moving a tool relative to the object by a moving stage with the first attitude maintained, setting the robot arm in a second attitude, imaging the object using a camera and correcting a position of the tool by driving of the moving stage based on an imaging result with the second attitude maintained, and performing the work in a second region of the object while moving the tool relative to the object by the moving stage with the second attitude maintained.

Claims (34)

1. A control method for a robot system including a moving stage, a tool attached to the moving stage, a robot arm holding one of the moving stage and an object, and a camera and performing predetermined work on the object using the tool, comprising:

setting the robot arm in a first attitude;

performing the work in a first region of the object while moving the tool relative to the object by the moving stage with the first attitude maintained;

setting the robot arm in a second attitude;

imaging the object using the camera and correcting a position of the tool by driving of the moving stage based on an imaging result with the second attitude maintained; and

performing the work in a second region of the object while moving the tool relative to the object by the moving stage with the second attitude maintained.

2. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the robot arm holds the moving stage.

3. The control method for a robot system according to claim 2 , wherein

the moving stage holds the tool.

4. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the moving stage has a piezoelectric actuator as a drive source.

5. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the tool is a printer head.

6. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

at correcting, the position of the tool is corrected based on a work trace formed in the first region.

7. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

at correcting, the position of the tool is corrected based on a maker placed on the object.

8. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera is placed in the robot.

9. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera is placed on the moving stage.

10. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera is a spectroscopic camera.

11. A robot system including a moving stage, a tool attached to the moving stage, a robot arm holding one of the moving stage and an object, and a camera and performing predetermined work on the object using the tool,

setting the robot arm in a first attitude,

performing the work in a first region of the object while moving the tool relative to the object by the moving stage with the first attitude maintained,

setting the robot arm in a second attitude,

imaging the object using the camera and correcting a position of the tool by driving of the moving stage based on an imaging result with the second attitude maintained, and

performing the work in a second region of the object while moving the tool relative to the object by the moving stage with the second attitude maintained.

12. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first attitude, the movable range of the tool by driving of the moving stage overlaps with the entire the first region.

13. The control method for a robot system according to claim 1 , wherein

in the second attitude, the movable range of the tool by driving of the moving stage overlaps with the entire the second region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: ARAKAWA, YUTAKA; IWAZAKI, TOMOHISA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060650/0887 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-125103 · Jul 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230036260A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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