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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Ibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a system including a robot and a controller controlling the robot, the controller switches the robot from a first state to a second state in which orientation change in accordance with external force applied to the robot is more tolerated than the first state based on detection of contact of an object with the robot. The controller switches the robot from the second state to a third state in which the orientation change in accordance with the external force is more restricted than the second state after the orientation change in accordance with the external force applied to the robot is started and while the external force is being applied to the robot.