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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yasufumi Yoshiura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Anno, Kitakyushu, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu, JP;
Abstract
An automation apparatus includes a mechanism having a machine coordinate system and configured to work on a work which moves in the machine coordinate system, a sensor configured to successively detect positions of the work as the work moves, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a plurality of machine coordinate positions of the work in the machine coordinate system successively based on the positions successively detected by the sensor, and is configured to determine, based on the plurality of machine coordinate positions of the work, a working position at which the mechanism is configured to work on the work.