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POSITION DETECTION DEVICE FOR ROBOT, ROBOTIC SYSTEM, AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD FOR ROBOT

  • US 20120209430A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2012
  • Published: 08/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A position detection device for a robot comprising:

  • an imaging section adapted to image at least one of the robot and a work held by the robot as an imaging object during movement of the robot;

    a calculation section adapted to calculate a location of the imaging object from an image taken by the imaging section;

    an acquisition section adapted to obtain a drive amount of a drive source of the robot; and

    a storage section adapted to store the calculated location of the imaging object and the drive amount so as to correspond to each other,wherein a common trigger signal for triggering the detection of the location of the imaging object is input to the imaging section and the acquisition section,the imaging section starts to image the imaging object in response to the trigger signal, andthe acquisition section starts to obtain the drive amount in response to the trigger signal.

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