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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Shinsuke Sakakibara, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Masahiro Morioka, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Satoshi Adachi, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Shinsuke Sakakibara, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Masahiro Morioka, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Satoshi Adachi, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
FANUC Corporation, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A human-robot interactive system in which a robot and a human share an area for performing interactive work, the human-robot interactive system including a force sensor which is set at an end effector attached to a front end of the robot or which is set at the robot and, when a detected value of the force sensor exceeds a predetermined value, is configured to stop the robot or controlling operation of the robot so that a detected value of the force sensor becomes smaller, the system further including a limiter which limits a work area of said human so as to prevent contact by the human with the first robot portion of the robot that is positioned further from the human than a set position of the force sensor during operation even when the robot approaches the human.