US 12,220,820 B2
Robot slider position setting device, robot slider position setting method, and robot slider position setting program
Masatoshi Hida, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed by Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,304.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-078630 (JP), filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355478 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1664 (2013.01) [B25J 17/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot slider position setting device for setting a position of a robot slider that moves while being loaded with a robot that performs predetermined work on a workpiece by using a tool provided at a distal end of the robot, the robot slider position setting device comprising:
an interference-region-information storage unit that stores interference region information indicating an interference region with which the robot interferes in a predetermined ambient environment;
an approaching-direction determination unit that determines a direction of an arm of the robot as an arm approaching direction such that the direction does not overlap the interference region by fixing a wrist rotation center of the robot in a state where the tool is in an orientation according to a predetermined working position;
a position determination unit that determines the position of the robot slider based on the arm approaching direction determined by the approaching-direction determination unit; and
a controller including circuitry, the controller controls the robot to perform the predetermined work based at least in part on the position of the robot slider determined by the position determination unit.