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Device and method for controlling robot

  • US 20060276934A1
  • Filed: 06/06/2006
  • Published: 12/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for controlling a robot;

  • the device making the robot execute tasks including a plurality of work units in a parallel manner for several workpieces, in accordance with a plurality of operation programs for individually commanding the plurality of work units;

    each of the plurality of operation programs including a description of a task starting condition as a precondition for starting a corresponding work unit by the robot;

    the device comprising;

    an information collecting section collecting state information showing, in real time, a state of an environment allowing the robot to execute said tasks;

    a program selecting section selecting a first executable program satisfying said task starting condition, from operation programs ready to be executed for workpieces among said plurality of operation programs, based on said state information collected by said information collecting section;

    a processing section processing, for execution, said first executable program selected by said program selecting section; and

    a program-completion judging section judging whether said processing section has completed or not a processing of said first executable program;

    wherein said program selecting section selects, based on said state information, a second executable program satisfying said task starting condition, from said operation programs ready to be executed, as an operation program to be subsequently processed for execution by said processing section, so as to meet a situation of judgment performed by said program-completion judging section.

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