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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Issei Matsumoto, Toyota, JP;

Tatsuro Mori, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B25J 19/06 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01); B25J 19/027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robot with a noncontact sensor is configured to: perform the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object does not enter, and thereby store, for each of a plurality of measurement points set in a movable range of the robot, an output value of the noncontact sensor as a reference output value in advance, and stop the predetermined motion when the output value of the noncontact sensor changes from the reference output value at the measurement point closest to a current operating position of the robot by a first threshold value or larger when the robot is performing the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object could possibly enter and the current operating position of the robot is in a range in which it is necessary to determine an entering state of the moving object.


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