Omron Corporation

Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.

Taku Oya

Mitsuhiro Yoneda

Fumiaki Narutani

Haruna Shimakawa

Yasunori Sakaguchi

Yasuaki Abe

Hiroyuki Yanagi

Yoshihide Tamura

Nobuyuki Sakatani

Yoshiya Shibata

Masanori Takahashi

Raffaele Vito

Kei Yasuda

Ferran Carlas

Diego Escudero

Junji Shimamura

Akiro Kobayashi

Daisuke Matsunaga

Yosuke Iwai

Toshinori Tamai

Hidehiko Sekimoto

Yoshimi Niwa

Yuki Taniyasu

Takafumi Okura

Kyohei Asai

Go Aoki

Antonio Penalver

David Fornas

Xianying Wu

A control device includes a processor that calculates one or more predetermined command values for one or more robots to undergo synchronous control in predetermined control cycles, an output unit that outputs the one or more predetermined command values in each of the predetermined control cycles, and a generator that generates an output signal for a virtual robot. The virtual robot is virtually defined in relation to the synchronous control. The processor calculates the one or more predetermined command values using the output signal for the virtual robot generated by the generator.

Control device

The robot control system includes a first control device and a second control device network-connected to the first control device to control a robot. The first control device includes a selection unit configured to enable any one of a plurality of sources that provide information about generation of a command instructing behavior of the robot, and a first communication unit configured to transmit a command generated according to the information from the enabled source in the plurality of sources to the second control device. The second control device includes a second communication unit configured to receive the command transmitted from the first control device, and a command value generation unit configured to sequentially generate a command value for driving each axis of the robot so as to provide the behavior instructed by the command from the first control device.

Robot control system and control method

A control device includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. One processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to retain a predetermined variable available in both a calculation by the first processing unit and a calculation by the second processing unit, and the other processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to access the predetermined variable via the one processing unit.

Control device with second processing unit that accesses variable via first processing unit

A control system () according to the present invention comprises: a control device () that monitors the operation of a plurality of moving parts for machining a workpiece (), and controls the operation of the plurality of moving parts in each control cycle by issuing command values to the plurality of moving parts; and an inspection device () for inspecting the workpiece (). The control device () comprises: an identification unit () for identifying, based on inspection results of the inspection device () and the command values issued to the plurality of moving parts, which moving part from among the plurality of moving parts has caused an abnormality in the inspection results; and a storage unit () for collecting and storing data on the moving part that has been identified by the identification unit () and caused the abnormality in the inspection results.

Control system and control device

A robot control system includes a first control device including a first communication unit and one or more second control devices connected to the first control device through a network. Each of the second control devices includes a second communication unit that exchanges data with the first communication unit of the first control device using a communication resource of a network allocated thereto, and a command value generation unit that sequentially generates a command value for driving the robot, in accordance with a command from the first control device. The robot control system includes a communication resource setting unit that allocates the communication resource to each second control device.

A control device estimates a position and pose of an imaging device relative to a robot based on an image of the robot captured by the imaging device. A simulation device arranges a robot model at a teaching point, and generates a simulation image of the robot model captured by a virtual camera that is arranged so that a position and pose of the virtual camera relative to the robot model in the virtual space coincide with the estimated position and pose of the imaging device. The control device determines an amount of correction of a position and pose of the robot for the teaching point so that the position and pose of the robot on the actual image captured after the robot has been driven according to a movement command to the teaching point approximate to the position and pose of the robot model on the simulation image.

Control system and control method

An actuator control system includes: a transmission control unit configured to transmit final data, which is a final result of the computation by a sensor output computation unit, and to transmit intermediate data before transmitting the final data; and a command value computation unit configured to compute a command value for driving an actuator, based on the intermediate data and the final data transmitted by the transmission control unit.

Actuator control system, actuator control method, information processing program, and storage medium

A control device that controls a drive unit included by a production line includes: an obtaining unit that obtains physical information indicating a variation with time of a posture of a worker at work; a storage for storing physical information of the worker obtained when the worker works in a stable posture; a detection unit that detects a difference between a magnitude of the variation with time indicated by the physical information obtained and a magnitude of a variation with time indicated by the physical information stored in the storage; and a determination unit that determines from the detected difference whether to change an amount of controlling the drive unit.

Control system for a production line drive unit

A method for allowing even a user with little experience in robot operation to be able to perform correct calibration is provided. A mobile device displays one or more patterns at predetermined positions and transmits information indicating a touch position to a control device according to touching applied to the touch position in a state that the patterns are displayed. The control device calculates a parameter set based on an image measurement result obtained by a visual sensor when the mobile device is disposed in an image visual field in a state that the patterns are displayed, a touch position when the mobile device is touched by a robot, and a distance between a position of the mobile device when disposed in the imaging visual field and a position when the mobile device is touched by the robot.

Conveyor tracking system and calibration method

An information processing apparatus includes a first emulator that estimates a behavior of a device for driving a first control target that moves on a first target trajectory and a second emulator that estimates a behavior of a device for driving a second control target that moves on a second target trajectory. A visualization module generates drawing data for visualizing and drawing movement of the first control target and movement of the second control target in a three-dimensional virtual space by using a first command value and a second command value. The first and second emulators calculate the first command value and the second command value that control first and second driving devices in each control cycle according to a calculation command respectively. The calculation command instructs to calculate the command value for setting a movement amount in each control cycle variable.

Information processing apparatus for estimating behaviour of driving device that drives control target, information processing method and computer readable recording medium

A work process management system includes at least one work device and a tag type individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The tag type individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device is stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally stores the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.

Work process management system and tag type individual controller used therein

An information processing device includes an actuator emulator simulating a behavior of a first drive apparatus that is for driving a first control target, an actuator emulator simulating a behavior of a second drive apparatus that is for driving a second control target, a storage device for storing a PLC program including an instruction group with respect to the actuator emulator and a robot program including an instruction group with respect to the actuator emulator, a timer generating a virtual time, and a PLC emulator for repeatedly executing the instruction group included in the PLC program in each predetermined first control period in accordance with measurement using the virtual time, and a robot controller emulator for sequentially executing the instruction group included in the robot program in a predetermined execution order in accordance with the virtual time.

Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

An information processing device includes an actuator emulator that simulates a behavior of a drive apparatus that is for driving a first control target, an actuator emulator that simulates a behavior of a drive apparatus that is for driving a second control target that cooperates with the first control target, a timer that generates a virtual time, and an execution part that executes a PLC program for controlling the actuator emulator and a robot program for controlling the actuator emulator. Execution modes of the control programs used by the execution part include a synchronous execution mode in which the PLC program and the robot program are synchronously executed in accordance with a virtual time and an asynchronous execution mode in which the PLC program and the robot program are asynchronously executed.

A PC, which is an information processing device, simulates a control program and displays the result of the simulation on a monitor. The PC acquires a value, and identification information identifying a variable for at least one variable at an arbitrary time during the simulation. The PC modifies the control program in accordance with an instruction from a user. The PC simulates the modified control program with the value of the variable identified by the acquired identification information as the value of the acquired variable. The PC displays the result of simulating the modified control program on the monitor.

Information processing device, simulation method, and program

Provided is a program development assist system, a program development assist method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program development assist program. The program development assist system includes: a shared variable extraction part that extracts, from the first source code that is described in the first programming language, shared variables that are variables shared by the first source code and the second source code that is described in the second programming language in a memory; and a display control part that causes a development screen of the second source code to display information indicating shared variables that are extracted by the shared variable extraction part.

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Kyoto, Japan

Taku Oya