Fanuc America Corporation

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation

Michael Sharpe

Jason Tsai

Yi Sun

Claude Dinsmoor

Ken Krause

Laxmi Musunur

Edward Roney

Steven Prehn

Bruce E Coldren

A robot is moved along a first continuous programmed path with a robot controller executing a learning path control program without performing an operation on a workpiece. The actual movement of the robot along the first continuous programmed path is recorded. The first continuous programmed path is adjusted to create a second programmed path. The robot is moved along the second continuous programmed with the robot controller executing the learning path control program without performing the operation on the workpiece. The actual movement of the robot along the second continuous programmed path is recorded. Traces of the recorded actual movements of the robot along the first continuous programmed path and the second continuous programmed path are displayed.

Learning path control

A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to a feature of the workpiece, generating a continuous three-dimensional path along the workpiece using data extracted from the image, and moving the tool along the path.

Method of controlling a robotic tool

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Orion, MI, United States of America

Michael Sharpe