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Granted Patent B2
US 12,337,474 · App. 17/897,443 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Robot teaching system

Inventor: Makoto Ikeguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
B25J9/0081B23K9/0953B23K9/0956B25J9/1664B25J11/005B25J19/023
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Patent No.
US 12,337,474
App. No.
17/897,443
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robot teaching system includes: a photographing unit that photographs an image including a welding target and a marker installed on an industrial robot; a camera coordinate system setting unit that sets a camera coordinate system on a basis of the marker included in the image; an operation path setting unit that sets an operation path of the industrial robot on a basis of a welding position of the welding target included in the image in the camera coordinate system; and a program generation unit that generates a working program, while converting the set operation path from the camera coordinate system into a robot coordinate system set in a robot control apparatus on a basis of a position of the marker installed on the industrial robot. The robot teaching system generates a working program allowing appropriate welding at a welding position.

Claims (14)

1. A robot teaching system comprising:

a camera that generates a digital image simultaneously including a welding target and a marker installed on a tip end of an industrial robot, the tip end being disposed in a position that moves similarly to a welding torch attached to a tip of a manipulator of the industrial robot;

a terminal in communication with the camera and with the industrial robot, the terminal including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:

generate an orthogonal camera coordinate system based on the marker included in the digital image;

generate an operation path of the industrial robot based on a welding position of the welding target included in the digital image and the camera coordinate system; and

convert the operation path of the industrial robot generated from the digital image into a robot coordinate system set in a robot control apparatus based on a position of the marker installed on the tip end of the industrial robot.

2. The robot teaching system according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:

generate the operation path of the industrial robot based on a welding position extracted from a welding position candidate, the welding position candidate being determined via image processing of the digital image.

3. The robot teaching system according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:

generate the operation path of the industrial robot based on a welding order set with respect to the welding position.

4. The robot teaching system according to claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:

determine a welding order and set the operation path of the industrial robot based on a distance between the welding position and the welding torch.

5. The robot teaching system according to claim 4 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:

determine the welding order based on a specific direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: IKEGUCHI, MAKOTO
To: DAIHEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060927/0961 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-181000 · Nov 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230147777A1 · May 11, 2023
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