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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kaoru Takeuchi, Azumino, JP;
Hiroki Adachi, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 9/1643 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); G05B 19/423 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36401 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39529 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40354 (2013.01);
Abstract
A teaching method of driving a robot arm by a drive unit based on a detection result of a force detection unit and storing a position and a posture of the driven robot arm in a memory unit, includes determining whether or not the posture of the robot arm is close to a singular posture, and, when determining that the posture of the robot arm is close to the singular posture, selecting and executing one escape posture from a plurality of escape posture candidates escaping from the posture close to the singular posture according to an external force detected by the force detection unit.