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Industrial robot and method of operating the same

US10856945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2016
Grant dateDec 8, 2020
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S901/47
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To provide an industrial robot and a method of operating the same which are capable of appropriately handling, when an abnormal state occurs during an automatic operation of the robot, the abnormal state without significantly degrading the work efficiency. The industrial robot includes a robot main body (1) having a robot arm, a robot control device (7) configured to control operation of the robot main body (1) and an abnormal state detecting device (8) configured to detect abnormality in a work state of the robot main body (1). The robot control device (7) includes an automatic operation performing means (9) for controlling the operation of the robot main body (1) to perform an automatic operation based on a given operation program, and an automatic operation correcting means (10) for correcting the operation of the robot main body (1) in the automatic operation based on a manual control performed by an operator according to a detection result of the abnormal state detecting device (8).

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