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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 1/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); G01L 5/226 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37357 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37396 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40582 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot system includes: a robot that is movable according to an external force applied thereto by a worker; a force detecting unit that is provided in the robot and that detects the magnitude of an external force acting on the robot; a warning part that vibrates the robot when an external force having a magnitude equal to or greater than a first predetermined threshold is detected by the force detecting unit; and a stop part that stops the robot when an external force having a magnitude equal to or greater than a second predetermined threshold that is greater than the first predetermined threshold is detected by the force detecting unit.