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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Mayumi Komatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Yasunao Okazaki, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/085 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36429 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40201 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01); Y10S 901/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot arm temporarily stops when a contact detector detects contact. A holding motion selecting unit then selects one of continuously stopped motion, directionally limited motion, and directionally unlimited motion in accordance with information including one or both of a distance between the robot arm and a contacted object and force applied to the robot arm by a person. A motion controller causes the selected motion to achieve holding motion.