Fanuc Corporation

Shougo Takahashi

Takehisa Sera

Yoshiki Hashimoto

Yuusuke Sugiyama

Yuuki Fukumoto

Seiya Akaki

Takahiro Fujii

Provided is a circuit device that can achieve A/D conversion at a high speed and a high resolution. This circuit device comprises: a gain adjustment circuit that adjusts the gain of an analog output signal outputted from a sensor; an offset adjustment circuit that adjusts the offset voltage of the analog output signal; an A/D converter that converts the analog output signal to a digital signal; and a control unit that sets the gain and the offset voltage of the analog output signal on the basis of the voltage value of a digital signal that was immediately previously converted by the A/D converter.

Circuit device

A frame member is attached to a mobile terminal including a display of touch panel type. The frame member is formed in contact with the outer edge of the mobile terminal along the circumferential direction of the outer edge of the mobile terminal. On the front surface of the frame member, a recess part perceivable with a finger touch is formed at a position corresponding to a button image displayed on the display.

Frame member attached to mobile terminal, operation device for machine including frame member, and computer program for mobile terminal

A detecting device includes: a bridge circuit having at least one sensing resistor whose resistance varies according to a physical quantity of a measurement object; a power supply configured to apply a voltage to the bridge circuit; an instrumentation amplifier configured to receive an output voltage of the bridge circuit from high-impedance input terminals, amplify the received output voltage, and output the amplified output voltage; and a physical quantity calculating unit configured to receive the output voltage amplified by the instrumentation amplifier and calculate the physical quantity based on the output voltage. The bridge circuit is connected to the instrumentation amplifier via a connector.

Detecting device

A teach pendant includes an input unit and allowing teaching of operation of a robot by an input to the input unit, the teach pendant further includes a measurement reference surface which comes into surface contact with a measured surface of the robot, a tilt sensor whose position is fixed with respect to the measurement reference surface, and an output means which outputs a detection value of the tilt sensor to a control device of the robot in a state where the measurement reference surface is in surface contact with the measured surface and when a predetermined input operation is performed on the input unit or a contact detection sensor for detecting surface contact between the measurement reference surface and the measured surface detects the surface contact.

Teach pendant and robot system provided with the same

A human collaborative robot system having a function of detecting a force includes a human collaborative robot and a learning unit into which sensing data, internal data, and calculation data are input. The learning unit outputs a first force component applied to the human collaborative robot from outside, a second force component occurring in an operation of the human collaborative robot, and a third force component categorized as noise; and performs learning using supervised data in which inputs and correct labels obtained in advance are collected in pairs, wherein the correct labels of the supervised data are obtained by exerting a force on the human collaborative robot from outside, operating the human collaborative robot over a plurality of paths, and applying noise to the human collaborative robot, and the operation of the human collaborative robot is controlled based on the first force component output from the learning unit.

Human collaborative robot system having improved external force detection accuracy by machine learning

A machine control system includes an operation terminal which includes a communication unit and a touch panel unit and outputs machine operation information for operating a machine via the communication unit, a controller which controls the operation of the machine based on the received machine operation information, and a safety switch device which is mounted on the operation terminal and includes a switch unit which outputs a stop instruction signal for issuing an instruction to stop the machine, and a packet generation unit which converts the output stop instruction signal into a packet and outputs the packet to the operation terminal, wherein the operation terminal transfers the packet received from the safety switch device to the controller, and the controller restores a stop instruction signal from the packet received from the operation terminal and stops the machine based on the restored stop instruction signal.

Safety switch device, operation terminal, and machine control system

A robot system capable of effectively transmitting acceleration data from a wireless acceleration sensor to a robot controller. The acceleration sensor has a time series number adding part which adds a number representing time series of the acceleration data of the robot, a data set generating part which generates a data set including acceleration data in a plurality of periods of time, and a first wireless communication part which transmits the data set to the robot controller by radio. The robot controller has an acceleration data judging part which checks the time series number added to the acceleration data contained in the data set received by a second wireless communication part and judges as to whether the time series is correctly received, and a vibration suppression controlling part which carries out vibration suppression control for the robot based on the time series of the acceleration data.

Robot system having wireless acceleration sensor

An image processor for a robot system, performing image processing for a video signal output from a camera. The camera can output a first video signal including obtained image data as well as internal vertical and horizontal synchronization signals, and output a second video signal including image data obtained based on external vertical and horizontal synchronization signals as well as the external vertical and horizontal synchronization signals. The image processor includes a synchronization signal separation section separating the internal horizontal synchronization signal from the first video signal output from the camera; a synchronization frequency detection section detecting a frequency of the separated internal horizontal synchronization signal; an external synchronization signal generation section generating the external vertical and horizontal synchronization signals; and a processing section allowing, at desired timing, the external synchronization signal generation section to generate the external vertical synchronization signal, to generate the external horizontal synchronization signal at the detected frequency of the internal horizontal synchronization signal, and to supply the generated external vertical and horizontal synchronization signals to the camera.

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Yamanashi, Japan

Shougo Takahashi