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Robot controller

Assignee: Kobe Steel Ltd
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Filing: 1989-09-19
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Granted: 1991-01-15
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Expires: 2009-09-19
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Abstract

Abstract A robot controller for an articulated robot, capable of controlling the articulated robot for the highly accurate high-speed movement of the work along a predetermined route. The robot controller a memory for previously storing functions for calculating position gains and speed gains for the joints of the articulated robot. A detecting operates to detect the present position and present speed of each of the joints during the operation of the articulated robot. A first calculating operation calculates a position gain and a speed gain for each joint on the basis of the present position and present speed of the joint detected by the detecting feature by using the functions stored in the memory. A second calculating operation the calculates instructions to be give to the actuators on the basis of position instructions, the present position and the present speed of the joints detected by the detecting feature, and the position gains and the speed gains calculated by the first calculating operation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira Nakazumi
  • 👤 Nobuaki Imamura

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:37
CPC Classifications
B; B25; B25J; B25J9/00; B25J9/16; B25J9/1628; G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B19/19; G05B19/21; G05B19/23; G05B19/231; G05B19/232; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/33; G05B2219/33079; G05B2219/39; G05B2219/39178; G05B2219/41; G05B2219/41006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 168 words
A robot controller for controlling an articulated robot, comprising a position control system with a speed control minor servo loop for controlling the actuators of the articulated robot on the basis of position instructions, the improvement comprising: memory means for previously storing functions for calculating position gains and speed gains for each joint of the articulated robot; detecting means for detecting the present position and present speed of each of the joints during the operation of the articulated robot; first calculating means for calculating a position gain and a speed gain for each joint on the basis of the present position and present speed of the joint detected by the detecting means by using the functions stored in the memory means; and second calculating means for calculating instructions to be given to the actuators on the basis of position instructions, the present positions and present speeds of the joints detected by the detecting means, and the position gains and the speed gains calculated by the first calculating means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 168 words
A robot controller for controlling an articulated robot, comprising a position control system with a speed control minor servo loop for controlling the actuators of the articulated robot on the basis of position instructions, the improvement comprising: memory means for previously storing functions for calculating position gains and speed gains for each joint of the articulated robot; detecting means for detecting the present position and present speed of each of the joints during the operation of the articulated robot; first calculating means for calculating a position gain and a speed gain for each joint on the basis of the present position and present speed of the joint detected by the detecting means by using the functions stored in the memory means; and second calculating means for calculating instructions to be given to the actuators on the basis of position instructions, the present positions and present speeds of the joints detected by the detecting means, and the position gains and the speed gains calculated by the first calculating means.

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