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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Robotic Biology Institute Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Natsume, Zushi, JP;
Takashi Nagasaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Makoto Umeno, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tatsuro Ipposhi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hirokazu Kariyazaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Fukuoka, JP;
ROBOTIC BIOLOGY INSTITUTE INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an operation command generation device configured to generate an operation command, which is a collection of jobs to be carried out by a process system including a robot based on a protocol chart including a process symbol representing a process to be carried out on a container containing a process subject, the operation command generation device including: a process job generation unit configured to generate, based on the process symbol, a job for causing the process system to carry out the process on the container at a work area; and a transfer job generation unit configured to generate, when the process represented by the process symbol is not a process to be carried out on the same container, a job to transfer the container from the work area to a retreat area after the process represented by the process symbol has been carried out.