Seiko Epson Corporation

Tsutomu Hagihara

Masanobu Nishitani

Kazuhiro Masuda

Norio Yokoshima

Hideto Yamashita

Shigemi Sato

A control apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to control a distal end portion of a robot to rotate around first and second distal end axes, perform a first control mode in which the distal end portion rotates around the first and second distal end axes, perform a second control mode in which the distal end portion rotates around the first distal end axis and does not rotate around the second distal end axis, switch the first control mode to the second control mode when the first distal end axis is perpendicular to a working surface, and control the distal end portion to work while performing the second control mode and maintaining a state in which the first distal end axis is perpendicular to the working surface after the first control mode is switched to the second control mode.

Control apparatus, robot system, and control method

A robot control device according to an aspect of the invention is a robot control device that controls a robot on the basis of a simulation result of a simulation device that performs a simulation of operation of a virtual robot on a virtual space. In the simulation, a first region and a second region located on an inside of the first region can be set on the virtual space. In the case where the virtual robot operates, when a specific portion of the virtual robot intrudes into the first region, operating speed of the virtual robot is limited. When the specific portion of the virtual robot intrudes into the second region, the operation of the virtual robot stops or the virtual robot retracts from the second region.

Robot control device, robot, and simulation device

A simulation apparatus that allows a virtual robot arm displayed on a display device to act, includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to receive drag operation on a distal end of the virtual robot arm from an input device, and change an attitude of the virtual robot arm based on the drag operation.

Simulation apparatus and robot control apparatus

To provide a thermopile infrared detecting element capable of accurate temperature measurement at low cost. An infrared detecting elementusing a silicon nitride film as a first structure layerconstituting a structure of a membrane portionis provided. Unlike silicon oxide, the first structure layerhas internal stress in the tensile direction, and can thus prevent the occurrence of bending. Also, diodes Dand Dcan be formed in a silicon substrateby using the first structure layeras an element isolation region, and thus deformation of a thermopiledue to a change in the environment can be prevented to suppress measurement error of the thermopile. Furthermore, a high accuracy infrared detecting element capable of accurately detecting the temperature of cold junctions using the diodes Dand Dcan be provided.

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Tsutomu Hagihara