Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroshi Moribe

Toshitaka Kuno

Masaru Nakano

Yoshito Kato

Yoshiaki Ito

Yasuo Ishiguro

Atsushi Kamiya

Mitsuo Koide

Chisao Hayashi

Kazutoshi Sukigara

Toshio Kato

Shojirou Miyamoto

In an image processor system, a processor includes a first two-dimensional look-up table for receiving first and second digital data as an address, a second two-dimensional look-up table for receiving an output digital data of the first two-dimensional look-up table and a third digital signal as an address, and a latch circuit for temporarily storing the output digital data of the second look-up table. The processor is flexible and the functions thereof can be varied by changing the contents of the look-up tables.

Image processor system having multifunction look-up table units

A tracking control robot controls its arm end, which holds a tool, to track a taught path so that a reaction force between a workpiece and the tool remains constant. An ideal state for the arm end is determined from the present state of the arm end and the difference between the actual reaction force and a predetermined target force. Then, this ideal state is compared with a reference state of the arm end on the taught path to obtain a target position and a target attitude of the arm end. Since a target position is always determined independently of the last target position, no position error due to time delay affects a new target position even when the next target position is generated before the tool reaches the last target position. Thus, the robot is quick, responsive, and accurate when tracking at a constant operation speed.

Robot with controlled tool tracking displacement

In a tracking control system of a multijoint robot, a change in posture of an end of a tool attached to a hand of a robot arm is defined as rotation about a rotational main axis of the tool. An arc traced by an imaginary point which is in a plane perpendicular to the rotational main axis and which is spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the rotational main axis is synthesized with a straight line traced by the imaginary point upon translational motion of the end of the tool, thereby producing a helical trajectory. A velocity pattern is given to this helical trajectory, and a translational velocity pattern and a rotational velocity pattern are derived as components from the velocity pattern given to the helical trajectory. Servo control is smoothly performed to control joint variables so as to provide a target position/posture tracking output which prevents abrupt changes.

Tracking control system of multijoint robot

The invention relates to a mechanism wherein a relative rotary angle of a driving motor is detected by use of an encoder, and, if an error occurs in a servo control action when the driving motor is servo-controlled in accordance with a deviation value of the relative rotary angle from a desired rotary angle of the driving motor, then the servo control action is brought to an emergency stop. A potentiometer for detecting an absolute rotary angle of the driving motor is connected to a rotary shaft of the driving motor and said emergency stop is effected when a difference between said absolute rotary angle and said relative rotary angle exceeds a preset tolerance value, so that an error in the servo control action can be reliably prevented.

Error detecting mechanism for servosystem

The invention relates to a control circuit of a pulse width modulation inverter, wherein a current control circuit to output a current control signal corresponding to a current command signal is provided, main transistors of a main circuit of the pulse width modulation inverter are switchingly controlled in response to a current control signal, whereby a driving current supplied to a motor from the pulse width modulation inverter is controlled to a value corresponding to the current command signal. The current control circuit is of such an arrangement that the current control circuit corrects the current command signal in response to the speed detection signal to compensate an error in current control due to a counter electromotive force of a DC motor, while exercising a proportional control over the driving current in accordance with a current command deviation value of a driving current detection signal from the current command signal, so that the motor can be controlled at high speed and with high accuracy.

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Nagoya, Japan

Hiroshi Moribe