Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Changbeom Park

Chetan Kapoor

Ratheesh Rajan

Andrew Boddiford

A robot instructing apparatus includes a teaching pendant having a display and an inclination device. The inclination device outputs an inclination of the teaching pendant based on the inclination of the teaching pendant about at least one horizontal axis. The robot instructing apparatus also includes at least one processor that generates movement instructions to change a posture of the robot based on the inclination of the teaching pendant output by the inclination device during a teaching operation in which the movement instructions are generated.

Robot instructing apparatus, teaching pendant, and method of instructing a robot

A device including a housing configured to attach to a robot arm, and a multi-axis motion sensor provided within the housing. The multi-axis motion sensor is configured to detect movement of the housing, and is configured to communicate with a controller of the robot arm. The device further includes a user interface configured to operate in conjunction with the multi-axis motion sensor, and a connection port provided on the housing. The connection port is configured to connect to an external device.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

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