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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2001
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A robot for synchronizing with other robots without raising costs, a robot system, and a robot control method. The robot includes a storage portion ( ) in which an operating program for the robot is stored, a main arithmetic portion ( ) for analyzing the operating program stored in the storage portion, a sequencer portion ( ) from which a signal from the main arithmetic portion is output, a driving portion ( ) for driving the robot to which the signal from the main arithmetic portion ( ) is input, and a communications portion ( ) for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network. In the robot, a signal input from an apparatus connected to the sequencer portion ( ) and a signal input to the communications portion ( ) are input to the main arithmetic portion ( ) so as to perform a calculation, and, based on the calculation, a signal is output from the main arithmetic portion ( ) to the sequencer portion ( ) or to the driving portion ( ).