US 12,011,838 B2
Robot system
Shogo Hasegawa, Kobe (JP); Tetsuya Yoshida, Kobe (JP); Masayuki Kamon, Kobe (JP); Hirokazu Sugiyama, Kobe (JP); and Tomofumi Okamoto, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 17/438,583
Filed by KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/011032
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/195928, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-055256 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2019; and application No. 2019-099562 (JP), filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184814 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1694 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot system, comprising:
a robot installed in a work area and configured to inject liquid or gas to a workpiece and/or cut or polish the workpiece;
a manipulator comprising a tip end;
a sensor disposed at a manipulation area and configured to wirelessly detect positional information and posture information on the tip end of the manipulator; and
a control device,
wherein the control device calculates a locus of the tip end of the manipulator based on the positional information and the posture information on the tip end part of the manipulator detected by the sensor, and operates the robot on real time such that the robot follows the locus of the tip end part.