Abstract:
An external force judgment method including a reference value acquisition step of acquiring a reference value of a relative position or angle of a second member with respect to a first member when a robot on which no external force is acting or on which a known external force is acting is assumed to be operated by a predetermined command in advance; a measured value acquisition step of acquiring a measured value of a relative position or angle of the second member with respect to the first member when the robot is operated by the predetermined command; and a judgment step of judging the presence or absence of an external force acting on the robot based on a difference between the reference value and the measured value and a predetermined threshold value.
Abstract:
The human cooperative robot system according to the present invention includes a robot, a force sensor detecting a load applied to a robot, and a robot controller controlling the robot. The force sensor includes at least one temperature detection element detecting temperature, incorporated therein. The robot controller determines whether or not to stop the operation of the robot based on the detected temperature output from the temperature detection element.