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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Toshihiko Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Someya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Matsuo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Mikio Nakasugi, Tama, JP;
Ken Meisho, Yokohama, JP;
Masaichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Mahito Negishi, Tachikawa, JP;
Toshihiko Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Someya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Matsuo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Mikio Nakasugi, Tama, JP;
Ken Meisho, Yokohama, JP;
Masaichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Mahito Negishi, Tachikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable positioning a robot arm and a workpiece with high accuracy while reducing vibrations of a camera. According to the claimed invention for this purpose, a robot stationincludes a pedestalto which robot armsandare fixed, a camerawhich images an area including a working areaof the pedestal, and a boothto which the camerais fixed. The pedestalis fixed to a floor surface, and the boothis fixed to the floor surface without contacting the pedestal. The boothis formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a short side parallel to a workpiece conveying direction T and a long side perpendicular to the workpiece conveying direction T in a plan view. In the booth, the length of the long side y of the boothis set to not less than the sum of a maximum length by which the robot armsandprotrude from the pedestalin a direction perpendicular to the workpiece conveying direction T and the length in the direction perpendicular to the workpiece conveying direction T of the pedestalin a plan view.