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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Hashiguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Shingo Ando, Fukuoka, JP;
Takuya Fukuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Takenori Oka, Fukuoka, JP;
Shinji Murai, Fukuoka, JP;
Takeomi Hidaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Manabu Okahisa, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot system includes a robot arm, one or more actuators that are provided in the robot arm to drive the robot arm, a sensor unit that detects an external force applied to at least one of the robot arm and the actuators, and a controller that controls an operation of each of the actuators and limits a torque instruction value for each of the actuators on the basis of a detection result of the sensor unit.