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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Akiyama, Yamanashi, JP;
Yoshitake Furuya, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B23Q 3/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 21/008 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/0096 (2013.01); B25J 9/10 (2013.01); B25J 15/0491 (2013.01); B23P 21/004 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15773 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot system including a plurality of robots that are arranged at intervals and that each perform machining on a work; and a tool storage unit that stores a tool used when each of the robots performs machining on the work and that is disposed at a position allowing at least one of the robot to take out the tool, wherein the respective robots are provided with hands with which the tool stored in the tool storage unit can be handled; and, when one of the robots needs to exchange the tool.