Fanuc Corporation

Akihiro Yanagita

Hiroji Nishi

Yoshiki Hashimoto

Takahiro Tanaka

Takeshi Tsumura

Takahisa Hasegawa

Provided is a robot control system that can appropriately perform addition and deletion of new functions. This robot control system is provided with: a robot control device; and a teaching manipulation panel. The robot control device is provided with: a storage unit; a function addition unit; a switching unit that is provided on the teaching manipulation panel and that is for setting the operation of the function addition unit to be enabled or disabled; and a function control unit that, when the operation of the function addition unit is set to be enabled by the switching unit, enables addition and deletion of a function by the function addition unit, and when the operation of the function addition unit is set to be disabled by the switching unit, disables the addition and deletion of a function by the function addition unit.

Robot control system

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a robot controller that does not require manual correction when an applying process operation is interrupted due to occurrence of an error, and that enables automatic avoidance of occurrence of an interrupted part (gap) of the applying process and occurrence of excessive processing upon resuming the applying process operation. When an applying operation is interrupted, if the operation has stopped after further advancement of the operation site from the position of interruption, the operation site is moved back by a predetermined distance along the curved trajectory at the time of an advancing movement prior to the stopping, and the advancing movement is resumed from the moved-back position along the curved trajectory. Thus, it is possible to resume the continuous process while the operation site, at the position where the continuous process operation has been interrupted, proceeds at the same speed as when the applying operation was interrupted.

Robot controller

To execute processing with high accuracy in terms of time and distance via a simple method. A robot controller comprises a motion command interpretation unit that interprets a motion command program describing a taught motion and a taught position of a robot and generates a motion command; a motion command execution unit that executes the motion command; a parallel call command detection unit that pre-reads the motion command program and detects a line where a parallel call command is taught; and a parallel call command execution unit that calls and executes a program designated by a parallel call command at a designated timing.

Robot controller and robot control method

A robot controller includes a memory unit that stores an address table that contains a plurality of start addresses for additional system software files each used to add a function to system software for the robot controller, and a function addition portion that adds a function to the system software based on an additional function file stored in an external memory device. The function addition portion uses an index value with respect to the address table to acquire one of the start addresses for the additional system software files. Programs contained in the system software and the additional system software files each use a position-independent code based on relative addressing.

Provided is a touch sensing system that can make the life of a contact of an electromagnetic contactor longer. A touch sensing system includes a main operation circuit that connects a probe and a main operation power supply, and in which an electromagnetic contactor is provided; and a touch sensing circuit that is connected to the main operation circuit through the electromagnetic contactor in a branched manner, and connects the probe and a touch sensing power supply, is which a solid state relay switch is provided in the touch sensing circuit.

Touch sensing system

Information representing an operating state of each of a plurality of robots, etc. operating under different operation conditions are retrieved and outputted. A retrieval system () includes; an acquisition means () for acquiring, from a plurality of machines () being used under respectively different operation conditions, information representing an operating state of each of the plurality of machines; an accumulation means () for accumulating information representing a plurality of operating states thus acquired; and a search means () for accepting search criteria for searching the information accumulated in the accumulation means (), retrieving information representing an operating state agreeing with the search criteria from the accumulation means (), and outputting a search result.

Retrieval system and retrieval method

The stockpiled number of maintenance components is more appropriately managed. A maintenance component management device () includes: an acquisition means () for acquiring, from a plurality of maintenance target devices () requiring maintenance using a maintenance component, information representing an operating state of each of the plurality of maintenance target devices (); and a calculation means () for extracting information representing a factor of a main cause for performing maintenance using the maintenance component from the information representing the operating state thus acquired, and calculating a number of the maintenance components estimated as becoming necessary in order to maintain the plurality of maintenance target devices (), based on the information representing the factor thus extracted.

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Akihiro Yanagita