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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40031 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40032 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot includes an arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and detecting a force, wherein at least one of a first object and a second object is moved in a direction in which the first object and the second object are closer to each other by the arm, and, if contact of the first object with a position different from an insertion portion of the second object is determined based on output of the force detector, the first object and the second object are separated.