Robot control apparatus and robot system
First Claim
1. A robot control apparatus for controlling one or more of a plurality of pieces of robots simultaneously based on a robot program, comprising:
- a unit registration portion where multiple units are registered by an operator, with each of said units being a combination of one or more of the plurality of pieces of robots,a task registration portion where multiple tasks are registered by the operator, with each of said tasks being assigned to each of the units, anda graphics language processing portion for forming the robot program as a graphical program for each of the tasks,wherein;
the graphical program is displayed as a two-dimensional matrix on a display member of a robot instruction apparatus connected to the robot control apparatus,sequence numbers and the multiple tasks are displayed on the matrix in a perpendicular direction to each other,a robot in the unit assigned to one of the tasks operates in accordance with a program assigned to the one task,the program assigned to the one task is displayed in the matrix at the intersection of one of the sequence numbers and the one task,the operator performs registration by operating the robot instruction apparatus, andthe program assigned to the one task is selected from a plurality of programs assignable to the one task, each of the plurality of programs including a distinct set of instructions corresponding to distinct combinations of the plurality of pieces of robots.
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Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide a robot system including a graphics language capable of comprehensively and easily controlling operation of each robot in a robot system constituted by a plurality of pieces of robots.
A robot system of the invention in order to achieve the above-described object is constituted by a plurality of pieces of robots, a robot control apparatus 10 for controlling based on a robot program, and a robot instruction apparatus 11 connected to the robot control apparatus 10 for displaying the robot program, the robot control apparatus 10 includes a unit registration portion 1 for arbitrarily combining one piece or more of robots to define one unit, a task registration portion 2 for allocating a task to each unit, and a graphics language processing portion 3 capable of forming the robot program for each task as a graphic program in the robot system for simultaneously controlling one piece or more of robots.
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1. A robot control apparatus for controlling one or more of a plurality of pieces of robots simultaneously based on a robot program, comprising:
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a unit registration portion where multiple units are registered by an operator, with each of said units being a combination of one or more of the plurality of pieces of robots, a task registration portion where multiple tasks are registered by the operator, with each of said tasks being assigned to each of the units, and a graphics language processing portion for forming the robot program as a graphical program for each of the tasks, wherein; the graphical program is displayed as a two-dimensional matrix on a display member of a robot instruction apparatus connected to the robot control apparatus, sequence numbers and the multiple tasks are displayed on the matrix in a perpendicular direction to each other, a robot in the unit assigned to one of the tasks operates in accordance with a program assigned to the one task, the program assigned to the one task is displayed in the matrix at the intersection of one of the sequence numbers and the one task, the operator performs registration by operating the robot instruction apparatus, and the program assigned to the one task is selected from a plurality of programs assignable to the one task, each of the plurality of programs including a distinct set of instructions corresponding to distinct combinations of the plurality of pieces of robots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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