Interference determination method, interference determination system, and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US11014239B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US16011714

    申请日:2018-06-19

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    摘要: Provided is an interference determination method with which whether or not a robot interferes with a surrounding object on a motion path can be computed. At least one intermediate position is set on a motion path of movement from the first position to the second position, a plurality of robot approximated bodies that are each constituted by combining at least two robot approximated bodies at a plurality of postures corresponding to each position are generated, a second combined approximated body constituted by combining at least two first combined approximated bodies is generated with respect to at least one focused part, and the second combined approximated body interferes with a surrounding object approximated body is determined.

    Interference determination method, interference determination system, and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US10919154B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16136995

    申请日:2018-09-20

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16

    摘要: An interference determination method is provided to compute whether or not a robot that operates according to a motion path will interfere with a nearby object. A first orientation, a second orientation, and an intermediate orientation of the robot are set, and a first combined approximated body is generated that is configured by combining a plurality of robot approximated bodies, which are obtained by approximating the shape of the robot in these orientations. If it is determined that the robot will interfere with the nearby object, whether to generate a combined approximated body that is smaller than the first combined approximated body is determined based on the amount indicating the interval between two adjacent robot approximated bodies.

    Path planning apparatus, path planning method, and path planning program

    公开(公告)号:US11207780B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16414021

    申请日:2019-05-16

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16

    摘要: A path planning apparatus is provided with a path planning unit that generates a path of a robot using a plurality of different path planning methods that respectively correspond to a plurality of different constraints determined from the posture of the robot and the characteristics of one or more obstacles that obstruct movement of the robot, an acquisition unit that acquires posture information indicating an initial posture of a robot for which a path is to be generated and a target posture of the robot, and obstacle information indicating a target obstacle that obstructs movement of the robot from the initial posture to the target posture, and a controller that controls the path planning unit so as to generate a path of the robot using a path planning method corresponding to a constraint determined from the posture information and the obstacle information acquired by the acquisition unit.

    Motion generation method, motion generation device, system, and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US11090807B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16012886

    申请日:2018-06-20

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16

    摘要: A motion generation device may be for generating a movement for changing the robot from a first orientation to a second orientation, and include a first acquisition unit that acquires first orientation information that specifies the first orientation and second orientation information that specifies the second orientation, a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one priority item regarding the movement for changing from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a movement generation unit that generates a motion of the robot that includes a movement path along which the robot moves from the first orientation to the second orientation, based on the first orientation information, the second orientation information, and the priority item that were acquired.

    Interference determination device and method

    公开(公告)号:US11597090B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17193560

    申请日:2021-03-05

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    发明人: Haruka Fujii

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 G05B19/4061 B25J9/00

    摘要: An acquisition section 42 acquires a pose at a clock time ti and a pose at a clock time tj for each of plural robots, and acquires structural information. Based on structural information a computation section 44 computes positions of the prescribed part for each of the robots at the clock times ti, tj and at a midway clock times tc. A possibility determination section determines a possibility of interference, based on any overlap between added-margin regions resulting from addition of a prescribed margin to a circumscribing shape containing positions of the prescribed part at the clock times ti, tj, and tc for each of the robots. In cases in which there is a possibility of interference, an end determination section 48 sets tc so as to be a new ti or a new tj, and causes processing of the computation section 44 and the possibility determination section 46 to be executed repeatedly until a spacing between the prescribed parts satisfies an end condition. When determined that the end condition has been satisfied, an interference determination section 50 determines whether or not there is interference between the prescribed parts between the robots at any of the positions at ti, tc, and tj.

    Robot control device, robot control method, and robot control program

    公开(公告)号:US11527008B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16410213

    申请日:2019-05-13

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    摘要: A robot control device includes an obtaining unit that obtains, from an image sensor that captures a workpiece group to be handled by a robot, a captured image, a simulation unit that simulates operation of the robot, and a control unit that performs control such that the captured image is obtained if, in the simulation, the robot is retracted from an image capture forbidden space, in which an image is potentially captured with the workpiece group and the robot overlapping each other, and which is set based on either or both a first space being the visual field range of the image sensor, and a columnar second space obtained by taking a workpiece region including the workpiece group or each of divided regions into which the workpiece region is divided, as a bottom area, and extending the bottom area to the position of the image sensor.

    Interference Determination Device and Method

    公开(公告)号:US20210283775A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17193560

    申请日:2021-03-05

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    发明人: Haruka Fujii

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 B25J9/00 G05B19/4061

    摘要: An acquisition section 42 acquires a pose at a clock time ti and a pose at a clock time tj for each of plural robots, and acquires structural information. Based on structural information a computation section 44 computes positions of the prescribed part for each of the robots at the clock times ti, tj and at a midway clock times tc. A possibility determination section determines a possibility of interference, based on any overlap between added-margin regions resulting from addition of a prescribed margin to a circumscribing shape containing positions of the prescribed part at the clock times ti, tj, and tc for each of the robots. In cases in which there is a possibility of interference, an end determination section 48 sets tc so as to be a new ti or a new tj, and causes processing of the computation section 44 and the possibility determination section 46 to be executed repeatedly until a spacing between the prescribed parts satisfies an end condition. When determined that the end condition has been satisfied, an interference determination section 50 determines whether or not there is interference between the prescribed parts between the robots at any of the positions at ti, tc, and tj.

    Path Generation Device, Path Generation Method, and Recording Medium Storing Path Generation Program

    公开(公告)号:US20210260763A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17275315

    申请日:2019-11-27

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 B25J13/08

    摘要: A path generation device including an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a path generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire pose information relating to an initial pose and a target pose of a robot, position information relating to a position of the robot, obstacle information including a position of an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot, and specification information relating to a specification including a shape of the robot. The setting unit is configured to, based on a positional relationship between the robot and the obstacle, set a clearance amount representing an amount of clearance to avoid the interference for at least one out of the robot or an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot. The path generation unit is configured to generate path information related to a path of the robot based on the initial pose and the target pose of the robot, the position of the robot, the position of the obstacle, the shape of the robot, and the clearance amount set by the setting unit.