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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2010
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Fumikazu Warashina, Yamanashi, JP;
Masafumi Ooba, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Fumikazu Warashina, Yamanashi, JP;
Masafumi Ooba, Yamanashi, JP;
Fanuc Ltd, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An article conveying robot system capable of effectively containing an article in a container conveyed by a conveyor by using a robot. A container detecting part measures the distribution of shading of an image of each containing cell based on a detection result of the container, detects the containing state of each cell, and stores the detection result of each cell. An information managing part of a controller of an upstream side robot receives information from a container detecting part of a controller of a downstream side robot, and then generates containing cell information. An information managing part checks the cell information to be processed, and then transmits the cell information to a task executing part only when an article is not located in the corresponding cell. Task executing part controls the robot so as to locate an article in the selected cell based on the cell information.