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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2012
Katsuji Igarashi, Chino, JP;
Atsushi Asada, Suwa, JP;
Nobuyuki Setsuda, Okaya, JP;
Chieko Iuchi, Chino, JP;
Katsuji Igarashi, Chino, JP;
Atsushi Asada, Suwa, JP;
Nobuyuki Setsuda, Okaya, JP;
Chieko Iuchi, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A position detection device for a horizontal articulated robot includes a camera for imaging the robot or a work as an imaging object, a control section for calculating a location of the imaging object from an image, an acquisition section (I/O) for obtaining the drive amounts of first and second electric motors of the robot, and a storage section for storing the calculated location of the imaging object and the drive amounts so as to correspond to each other. A common trigger signal for detecting the location of the imaging object is input to the camera and the I/O. The camera starts to image the imaging object in response to the input of the trigger signal. The I/O starts to obtain the drive amounts in response to the input of the trigger signal.