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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akifumi Hayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/425 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 9/046 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A teaching method is for teaching a position and attitude of a robot arm to a robot configured to switch between a first state where the third axis is located at one side of a first imaginary line and a second state where the third axis is located at the other side of the first imaginary line, the first imaginary line being set as a straight line passing through a first axis and a second axis when the robot arm is viewed from a direction along the first axis. The method includes performing a switching operation of switching between the first state and the second state according to a result of detection by a force detection unit.