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US 12,403,603 · App. 18/015,539 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Control device and control method

Inventors: Xiaoguang Ning (Kyoto, JP); Shigeki Sugano (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Wada (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiro Sakamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
B25J9/1676B25J9/1651G05B19/4155G05B2219/50391
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,403,603
App. No.
18/015,539
Filed
Jan 11, 2023
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3658
USPC
700/255
Abstract

In the present invention, contact between an operator and a robot that moves a workpiece is avoided, and an effect on an article is reduced. This robot controller ( 1 ), which controls the operation speed of a robot ( 2 ) that moves a workpiece ( 3 ), comprises: a prediction unit ( 11 ) that predicts contact from the position of a robot and the position of a person or object; and an acceleration change unit ( 12 ) that, when contact is predicted by the prediction unit, changes the acceleration at which the speed of the robot is reduced to perform an emergency stop in accordance with the presence of the workpiece.

Claims (14)

1. A control device for controlling an operation speed of a robot that moves an article, the control device comprising:

a prediction unit predicting contact from a position of the robot and a position of a person or an object; and

an acceleration change unit changing an acceleration of a deceleration of the robot for performing an emergency stop according to whether the article is gripped by the robot, when contact is predicted by the prediction unit,

the acceleration change unit sets a deceleration start timing earlier when the article is present than when the article is absent.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceleration change unit sets the acceleration of the deceleration smaller when the article is present than when the article is absent.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceleration change unit changes the acceleration of the deceleration of the robot for performing the emergency stop according to a type of the article.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceleration change unit reduces the acceleration of the deceleration during deceleration of the robot for performing the emergency stop according to a held state of the article.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein after reducing the acceleration of the deceleration according to the held state of the article, the acceleration change unit increases the acceleration of the deceleration so as to stop the robot by a stop timing for stopping the robot to avoid contact.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceleration change unit determines the deceleration start timing of the robot on an assumption that the robot decelerates from a maximum speed of the robot.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceleration change unit does not raise the operation speed from a current operation speed of the robot when contact is predicted by the prediction unit.

8. A control method for controlling an operation speed of a robot that moves an article, the control method comprising:

a predicting step of predicting contact from a position of the robot and a position of a person or an object; and

an acceleration changing step of changing an acceleration of a deceleration of the robot for performing an emergency stop according to whether the article is gripped by the robot, when contact is predicted in the predicting step,

in the acceleration changing step, setting a deceleration start timing earlier when the article is present than when the article is absent.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2023
From: NING, XIAOGUANG; SUGANO, SHIGEKI; WADA, TOMOHIRO; SAKAMOTO, YOSHIHIRO
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062351/0153 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-143876 · Aug 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230256605A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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