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Teaching- playback robot

US4420812A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1980
Grant dateDec 13, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A teaching-playback type robot is disclosed having a manipulator with a plurality of movable members connected to each other, a detector detecting the relative positions of the members, a switch for designating position signals from the detector upon a teaching operation, a memory for storing position signals from the detector, an interpolating arithmetic circuit for performing interpolating operation based on two position signals read out from memory upon playback operation.

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