Nissan Motor Company Limited

Toru Nishiyama

Hiroyuki Kanno

Minoru Nomaru

Kazuhiko Yazaki

Hiroyuki Ono

Masayuki Onodera

Hiroshi Minakami

Tomio Kayama

Kazuya Masuko

A control for robots wherein a plurality of control units are connected in a hierarchical structure including a plurality of ranks including the lowest rank, and the robots subordinate to the control units belonging to the lowest rank.

Control for a group of robots

A system for teaching, controlling and monitoring industrial robots includes a storage section storing data describing working positions and motion patterns of the robots, and a teaching section for automatically preparing a teach data of each robot by selecting one of the different working positions and one of the motions patterns for the robot in accordance with the kind of work. The system may further includes a graphic processor for displaying picture images of the robots, their tools and workpieces, and a checking section for searching for robot-robot interference by checking a collection of data describing spaces occupied by the robots, and modifying the teach data to avoid such an interference.

System and method for teaching robots

A manipulator features the use of a single motor and a plurality of flexible cables which are interconnected with the motor via a plurality of clutches which can be selectively engaged and disengaged. The cables transmit rotational energy to elements of the manipulator via translation devices which convert the rotational motion into linear motion.

Manipulator using a single motor driving plural flexible shafts

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Ayase, Japan

Toru Nishiyama