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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keita Dan, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a robot system includes measuring, capturing, and calculating. A measuring device attached to the robot measures a position and an orientation of a marker with respect to the robot. An imaging device captures an image of the marker and a workpiece. A control device calculates a relative positional relationship between the workpiece and the robot in accordance with a result obtained by the measuring device and with the image captured by the imaging device.