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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2001
Kaoru Shibata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Ryo Nakajima, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Masakatsu Kaneko, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A temporary operation path is set by connecting a plurality of welding points in a virtual space generated by a computer to investigate whether an end effector can be operated along the temporary operation path. If the operation cannot be operated, a path to avoid interference with a workpiece is set automatically while extracting a portion in which the workpiece exists in the internal space surrounded by the end effector in order to set a narrow-area operation path for withdrawing the end effector from a welding point. Next, in order to set a wide-area operation path for making movement between withdrawing points, a template operation is applied, in which the end effector is moved by a prescribed distance in a prescribed direction.