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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiki Kimura, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37002 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39476 (2013.01); Y10S 901/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot system includes: a robot including a hand configured to hold a thin plate-shaped workpiece and an arm configured to move the hand; and a robot controller configured to control the robot. The robot controller controls the robot to perform a transfer of the workpiece at a predetermined workpiece transfer position in such a way that the hand is moved in a horizontal direction while being moved in a vertical direction after the hand has reached the workpiece transfer position.