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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2021
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Takayuki Akazawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Tatsuo Shinohara, Yamanashi, JP;
Yuuichi Yamada, Yamanashi, JP;
Naoki Yamaguchi, Yamanashi, JP;
Takumi Mizuno, Yamanashi, JP;
Takashi Ogura, Yamanashi, JP;
Hikaru Fujita, Yamanashi, JP;
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An object is to reduce the risk of outflow of defects and improve the work efficiency of assembly work. An assembly systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention is used to assemble a finished product while sequentially placing and fixing multiple types of components to a workpiece. The assembly systemincludes a collaborative robotconfigured to collaborate with a worker, an identification information reading unitconfigured to read identification information indicated on a component placed on the workpiece, and a controllerconfigured to determine whether a type of the component placed on the workpiece is correct or incorrect based on the read identification information and control the collaborative robot in accordance with a result of the correctness determination.