US 12,459,122 B2
Area setting device, rack, control system, area setting method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Kazuma Mishima, Kyoto (JP); and Tetsuya Akagi, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,421.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-081920 (JP), filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362933 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1676 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1651 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An area setting device, comprising:
a processor configured to set a protection area to detect an entry of an object, the protection area being in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot that is disposed on a relocatable rack;
a sensor configured to obtain surrounding information about the robot disposed on the relocatable rack; and
a storage storing a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information obtained by the sensor in association with each other,
wherein, in a case where the relocatable rack is moved to a location, the processor:
reads, from the storage, the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location and sets the protection area based on the set value for the protection area read from the storage, in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is stored in the storage; and
generates a warning or an alert in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is not stored in the storage.