Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki

Yasuyuki Inoue

Hideo Nagata

Shingo Ando

Yosuke Kamiya

Ryoichi Nagai

Ken'ichi Yasuda

Hirotaka Morita

Youichi Tanaka

Kenji Matsukuma

Hiroyuki Handa

Michiharu Tanaka

Kenichi Yasuda

Tomoyuki Sekiyama

Toshiyuki Kurebayashi

Shinsuke Watanabe

In a method for adjusting parameters of impedance control, an overshoot amount allowable value is set as an allowable maximum value of an overshoot amount of a time response of a force feedback from a force sensor provided for an end effector of a robot manipulator, and a setting time allowable value is set as an allowable maximum value of a setting time of the time response of the force feedback. A viscosity parameter with which the setting time is shortest is calculated while fixing the inertia parameter. An overshoot amount adjustment value and a setting time adjustment value which are obtained from a result of the calculating of the viscosity parameter are compared with the overshoot amount allowable value and the setting time allowable value, respectively, to determine whether a repeating process is finished or continued.

Method for adjusting parameters of impedance control

A robot system includes: a robot including a camera unit shooting an object in a container, a hand gripping the object, and a contact detector detecting that the hand contacts the container; and a robot control device, which includes a control unit causing the hand to contact the container; a contact detection unit detecting by the contact detector that the hand contacts the container, and finding a contact position thereof; a first processing unit calculating a position of the container from a stereo image of the container acquired by the camera unit; a second processing unit calculating a difference between the position of the container calculated by the first processing unit and the contact position found by the contact detection unit as a correction amount; and a third processing unit correcting information on a position in a height direction of the object in the container based on the correction amount.

Robot system

An apparatus for detecting a contact position where a robot makes contact with an object includes a probe, a probe-position calculating unit, a contact detecting unit, and a contact-position calculating unit. The probe is attached to the robot and is configured to make a displacement in a direction of making contact with the object in an elastic manner. The probe-position calculating unit calculates a position of the probe of the robot in operation. The contact detecting unit detects a contact state of the probe with the object. When the contact state of the probe is detected, the contact-position calculating unit derives the contact position based on a calculated position of the probe.

Apparatus and method for detecting contact position of robot

A system for judging success or failure of a work of a robot includes a position command generating unit, a contact position detecting unit, and a work success/failure judging unit. The position command generating unit generates a position command enabling movement of a fingertip of the robot so that a position and posture detecting unit, which is attached to the fingertip of the robot and has an elastic transformation area, is brought into contact with a predetermined position relating to a work target after the predetermined work is performed for the work target by the robot. The contact position detecting unit calculates a contact position that is a position of a tip end of the position and posture detecting unit at the time of being in contact with the predetermined position based on a value of an external force applied to the fingertip and the position of the tip end of the position and posture detecting unit. The work success/failure judging unit judges the predetermined work to be successful when the calculated contact position is within a predetermined range and judges the predetermined work to be failed when the calculated contact position is not within the predetermined range.

System and method for judging success or failure of work of robot

An apparatus has a parameter initial value calculator, a force reference impression part, an evaluation data measurement part, an allowable value setting part, a viscosity parameter calculator, an end determining part, and an inertia parameter adjusting part. The force reference impression part intermittently supplies a force reference to an impedance controller. The evaluation data measurement part measures setting time of time response, an overshoot amount, and the number of vibration times. The allowable value setting part sets allowable values of the overshoot amount and the setting time. The viscosity parameter calculator calculates a viscosity parameter with which the setting time becomes shortest. The end determining part determines the end or continuation of the process by comparing the adjustment values with the allowable values. The inertia parameter calculator adjusts the inertia parameter according to the adjustment values of the overshoot amount and the setting time.

Apparatus and method for adjusting parameter of impedance control

First calculation means calculates a TCP velocity error vector Verr when wrist axes performs rotational following movement, second calculation means selects a component, including the sign, of the TCP velocity error vector Verr, third calculation means decomposes the selected velocity error vector into a joint velocity vector &#x3c9;err, fourth calculation means integrates the joint velocity &#x3c9;err and calculates a position correction amount vector &#x3b8;add, and the position correction amount vector &#x3b8;add is fed back to position control means with torque limits.

The present invention provides a safe robot system adapted to always and clearly indicate a worker whether an emergency stop operation can be performed by an emergency stop operation section in an unwired portable teaching operation section, thereby to prevent occurrence of a misconception. A portable teaching operation portionincludes a display section () configured to indicate whether an emergency stop operation to be conducted by an emergency stop operation section () can be performed.

A robot control apparatus including a motion torque calculating section for calculating a motion torque command which is required for a motion of a servo motor, a disturbance torque estimating section for calculating a disturbance torque, a minute displacement relationship calculating section for calculating a minute displacement relationship between a task coordinate system of a robot and a joint coordinate system of the servo motor, an external force calculating section for carrying out a conversion to an external force on the task coordinate system, a force control section for calculating a position correction amount on the task coordinate system of the robot, and a joint angle correction amount calculating section for carrying out a conversion to a joint angle correction amount on the joint coordinate system.

Robot control apparatus and method

A robot apparatus having a robot and a controller for controlling the robot. The apparatus has a diagnosing computer connected to the controller and acquiring a state quantity of the robot. An analyzing computer is provided remotely from the robot and has a control parameter adjuster for adjusting a control parameter of the robot, and a communicating function of connecting the computers. The state quantity is transmitted to the analyzing computer by the communicating function and a control parameter of the robot is obtained based on the state quantity. The control parameter is transmitted to the controller through the diagnosing computer to control the robot.

Controllable object remote control and diagnosis apparatus

A robot controller for keeping the posture of a tool in a task coordinate system by a simple processing and allowing a robot to perform flexible translational motion. A robot controller for controlling a motor for driving a joint by a control circuit having a position/speed state feedback loop, has a mechanism for measuring the angle of a joint of a robot, a mechanism for storing the initial posture of a tool attached to the end of a hand of the robot, a mechanism for setting the position or speed gain of a specific joint axis smaller than the position or speed gains of the other joint axes, and a mechanism for calculating the correction of a position or speed command to keep the tool posture with respect to the robot base on the basis of the angle of the joint and the initial posture of the tool.

Robot controller

A calibrating device is composed of a movable portion having a degree of freedom movable in three axis directions orthogonal to each other, a displacement detector for detecting displacement of said movable portion as per degree of freedom, a universal joint having a three-axis rotating degree of freedom, which is attached to the tip end portion of said movable portion, a fixture attached to a free end of the universal joint, which is capable of being easily connected to the tip end portion of the wrist of the robot. The calibrating device measures displacement of the wrist tip end portion. That is, the invention provides a comparatively simple calibrating device and a calibrating method, in which automation is easy without requiring any complicated operations, using the calibrating device.

Device and method for calibrating a robot

A direct teaching apparatus which allows an operator to perform the direct teaching of a robot in safety. The apparatus includes a force detector and a teaching tool. The tool includes a working tool or handle fixed to the first detector and held by the operator to lead the robot. It also includes a device for computing the position or speed directive based on the force detector data and a motion model. It further includes a device for computing the generation torque of a motor for driving a robot depending on the position or speed directive and a controller to control the generated torque.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Yasuyuki Inoue