Title:
PAINTING ROBOT AND PAINTING METHOD USING PAINTING ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/255896
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A painting robot which, by painting areas with high curvature appropriately, can improve painting quality and reduce paint waste, and a painting method using said painting robot are provided. This painting robot 10 is provided with an arm control unit 110 which controls operation of a robot arm R1, a head control unit 130 which controls driving of the nozzles 54 in a nozzle head 53, a distance measurement means 80 which measures the distance between the painting position and the nozzle discharge surface 52, and an image processing unit 100 which, on the basis of the painting area of a vehicle 200 to be painted, forms a three-dimensional painting model, which is a three-dimensional model; on the basis of the distance measured between the virtual nozzle head 53 and the painting area in the three-dimensional painting model, or the distance measured by the distance measurement means 80, the head control unit 130 performs control to discharge paint from the nozzles 54 that are at a distance within a prescribed range and not to discharge paint from nozzles 54 beyond the prescribed range.
Inventors:
TAWATA TAKAHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/023970
Publication Date:
December 23, 2021
Filing Date:
June 18, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ABB SCHWEIZ AG (CH)
TAWATA TAKAHIRO (JP)
TAWATA TAKAHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
B05D1/02; B05B12/00; B05C5/00
Foreign References:
| JP2017154135A | 2017-09-07 | |||
| JP2012506305A | 2012-03-15 | |||
| JP2016215438A | 2016-12-22 | |||
| JP2011514234A | 2011-05-06 | |||
| JP2018502702A | 2018-02-01 | |||
| JP2018502702A | 2018-02-01 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 4169625A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
IAT WORLD PATENT LAW FIRM (JP)
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