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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Kobe, JP;
Takahiro Inada, Kakogawa, JP;
Kenji Bando, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshiaki Tanaka, Akashi, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Kobe, JP;
Satoru Hibino, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Production system including a rail extending horizontally, and an articulated robot that is self-travelable along the rail parallel to an extending direction of the rail. The robot includes a carriage having at least one operating shaft configured to be driven by a servomotor and to self-travel along the rail, a slider projecting toward the rail from the carriage and configured to releasably engage with the rail, a robotic arm supported by the carriage and having at least one operating shaft driven by a servomotor and constitutes a joint, an end effector provided to a tip-end of the robotic arm, and a control unit inside the carriage configured to control the operating shafts of the robotic arm and the carriage so a control point defined in the robotic arm or the end effector reaches a target position by a collaboration of the operating shafts of the robotic arm and the carriage.