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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Harada, Matsumoto, JP;
Kenji Onda, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A control device controls a robot including an arm, an end effector provided in the arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and configured to detect force. After bringing a first portion of the end effector close to a work surface and detecting contact of the first portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, the control device brings a second portion of the end effector different from the first portion close to the work surface, detects contact of the second portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, and teaches the robot a position of the end effector with respect to the work surface.