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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Niwa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Oga, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Wakuta, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Tomofumi Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An actuator system that picks up workpieces aims to shorten tact time and to reduce damages to workpieces. The actuator system includes an actuator that picks up a workpiece, an external force detection sensor that detects a physical quantity that is correlated with an external force that is applied to the workpiece, a head unit that is connected to the actuator and the external force detection sensor without a communication network, the head unit being configured to control the actuator based on a sensing result from the external force detection sensor when a pickup request signal that is a signal requesting pickup of the workpiece is received, and a control device that is connected to the head unit over the communication network, the control device being configured to transmit the pickup request signal to the head unit.