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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Osamu Nakagawa, Akashi, JP;
Masaki Fusama, Kobe, JP;
Masao Naemura, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamaoka, Nagoya, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a positioning method and layout that can be used to dispose robots efficiently in an automobile painting and sealing line. This invention relates to the positioning of robots in an automobile painting line in which a downflow circulatory system is established. The main body of a sealing robot is positioned in a location at which it does not cause a large disruption in the downflow circulation along the side of an automobile body, and a robot for painting the under-surface of the floor of the automobile body is provided therebelow. Sealing and painting of the under-surface are performed in parallel.