Robot control apparatus

• US 20070293987A1
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Ltd (Fanuc Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Ltd (Fanuc Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Makoto, Ban, Kazunori, Takizawa, Katsutoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/245
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 13/06 Control stands, e.g. consoles, switchboards
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 19/023 including video camera means

Abstract

A robot control apparatus includes a control apparatus body fixedly installed and connected to a robot and a portable teaching pendant connected to the control apparatus body to operate the robot through the teaching pendant. The teaching pendant includes an imaging device connector for connecting an imaging device to the teaching pendant so as to enable the image picked up by the imaging device to be directly input to the teaching pendant through the imaging device connector.

Claims

1. A robot control apparatus comprising a control apparatus body fixedly installed and connected to a robot, and a portable teaching pendant connected to the control apparatus body to operate the robot through the teaching pendant,

wherein the teaching pendant includes an imaging device connector for connecting an imaging device to the teaching pendant so as to enable the image picked up by the imaging device to be directly input to the teaching pendant through the imaging device connector.

2. The robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imaging device connector comprises an imaging device connecting terminal for connecting a cable extending from the imaging device, and the image picked up by the imaging device is transmitted through the cable and input to the teaching pendant.

3. The robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imaging device connector comprises a radio receiver for receiving the radio signal transmitted from the imaging device, and the image picked up by the imaging device is transmitted wirelessly and input to the teaching pendant.

4. The robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the teaching pendant includes an image processing unit for processing the image input to the teaching pendant.

5. The robot control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the teaching pendant includes an image processing unit for processing the image input to the teaching pendant.

6. The robot control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the teaching pendant includes an image processing unit for processing the image input to the teaching pendant.

7. The robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus body includes an image processing unit, so that the image input to the teaching pendant is transmitted to and processed by the image processing unit of the control apparatus body.

8. The robot control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control apparatus body includes an image processing unit, so that the image input to the teaching pendant is transmitted to and processed by the image processing unit of the control apparatus body.

9. The robot control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control apparatus body includes an image processing unit, so that the image input to the teaching pendant is transmitted to and processed by the image processing unit of the control apparatus body.