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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Kobelco Robotix Co., Ltd., Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Yashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinobu Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Kobe, JP;
KOBELCO ROBOTIX Co., Ltd., Fujisawa, JP;
Abstract
In this welding control method for a portable welding robot that moves along a guide rail, for using the portable welding robot to weld a workpiece including a groove: a groove shape detection position is established in at least one location in a welding sector extending from a welding starting point to a welding end point; the groove shape at a groove shape detection position Pis sensed by means of a detecting means of the portable welding robot, which is moving along the guide rail; groove shape information is calculated from detection data obtained by the sensing; and a welding condition is acquired on the basis of the groove shape information.