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Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING A TRAVELLING ROUTE FOR A ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1997/009154
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for correcting a travelling route for a robot, the method comprising the steps of setting a tool (2) mounted on a leading end of a wrist of a robot (1) at a preset photographing position P1, photographing the front and side of the tool (2) by cameras (41, 42) to thereby obtain three-dimensional configuration data of the tool (2), comparing the three-dimensional configuration data so obtained with standard configuration data to thereby detect a deformed amount of the tool (2), and modifying a travelling route for a robot instructed by a program based on the deformed amount.

Inventors:
ARIMATSU TARO (JP)
AKIYAMA KAZUHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1996/002548
Publication Date:
March 13, 1997
Filing Date:
September 06, 1996
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Assignee:
FANUC LTD (JP)
ARIMATSU TARO (JP)
AKIYAMA KAZUHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
B25J9/10; B25J9/18; B25J13/08; G05B19/18; G05B19/404; G05B19/408; G05B19/42; (IPC1-7): B25J9/10
Foreign References:
JPH06143166A1994-05-24
JPH05108123A1993-04-30
JPS61173878A1986-08-05
JPS59180605A1984-10-13
JPH0784631A1995-03-31
JPH0755427A1995-03-03
Other References:
See also references of EP 0796704A4
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