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Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,088 · App. 18/042,219 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Self-interference determination device

Inventor: Yuuki Kimoto (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
B25J9/1676B25J9/163
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Patent No.
US 12,365,088
App. No.
18/042,219
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This self-interference determination device is provided with a link shape correction unit that corrects link shapes on the basis of a specified distance between link shapes at which links of a robot comprising a plurality of links are regarded as having undergone self-interference, and a shape interference determination unit that determines the presence or absence of self-interference on the basis of the link shapes.

Claims (22)

1. A self-interference determination device, comprising:

a link shape correction unit configured to correct a link shape based on a specified distance between link shapes in which links of a robot comprising a plurality of links are considered to be a self-interference,

a shape interference determination unit configured to determine a presence or absence of the self-interference based on the link shape, and

a robot stoppage command unit configured to calculate a current minimum distance between the link shapes and a current relative velocity between the link shapes and to transmit a safe-stop command for safely stopping the robot based on the current minimum distance and the current relative velocity.

2. The self-interference determination device according to claim 1 , wherein the link shape correction unit expands the link shape by the specified distance.

3. The self-interference determination device according to claim 1 , wherein when the specified distance is specified by a range, the link shape correction unit simplifies the link shape so that the link shape fits within the specified range.

4. The self-interference determination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a specified distance acquisition unit configured to acquire the specified distance.

5. The self-interference determination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a link shape acquisition unit configured to acquire the link shape.

6. A self-interference determination device, comprising a shape interference determination unit configured to determine, for an indeterminable link for which a presence or absence of a self-interference cannot be determined from only a position or angle of a specified link of a robot comprising a plurality of links, regardless of the position or angle of links other than the specified link, the presence or absence of the self-interference based on whether or not link shapes approach each other within a specified distance.

7. The self-interference determination device according to claim 6 , further comprising a specified distance acquisition unit configured to acquire the specified distance.

8. The self-interference determination device according to claim 6 , further comprising a link shape acquisition unit configured to acquire the link shape.

9. The self-interference determination device according to claim 6 , further comprising a robot stoppage command unit configured to calculate a current minimum distance between the link shapes and a current relative velocity between the link shapes and to transmit a safe-stop command for safely stopping the robot based on the minimum distance and the relative velocity.

10. A self-interference determination device, comprising:

a self-interference formula definition unit configured to define a self-interference formula for determining a possibility of a self-interference of a robot comprising a plurality of links, and

a self-interference formula determination unit configured to determine the possibility of the self-interference based on the self-interference formula, wherein

the self-interference formula definition unit defines, for an indeterminable link for which a presence or absence of the self-interference cannot be determined from only a position or angle of a specified link regardless of the positions or angles of links other than the specified link, the self-interference formula based on a shape including a movable region of all links from the indeterminable link on a base side of the robot to the indeterminable link on a tip side of the robot.

11. The self-interference determination device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

an indeterminable link definition unit configured to define the indeterminable link for which there is a possibility of the self-interference, and

an indeterminable link determination unit configured to determine whether or not the indeterminable link actually has a possibility of the self-interference.

12. A self-interference determination device for determining a self-interference of a first link and a second link, comprising:

an indeterminable link determination unit configured to determine whether or not one of the first link and the second link is an indeterminable link for which a presence or absence of the self-interference cannot be determined from only a position or angle of the link when the first link and the second link are considered to be the self-interference, and

an interference determination unit configured to determine the self-interference of the indeterminable link based on the determination results.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2023
From: KIMOTO, YUUKI
To: FANUC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-191881 · Nov 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230321832A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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