Robot Control System and Control Method for Robot
First Claim
1. A robot control system including a main processor for a robot, and a sensor unit which transmits sensor output to the main processor, characterized in:
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a processor; and
a memory which comprises a first region and a second region for storing parameters which stipulate the operation of the processor, andthat the processor, along with transmitting the sensor output to the main processor during a transmission period within a predetermined period by using the parameters which are stored in one of the first region and the second region of the memory, also receives update parameters from the main processor during the remainder of the reception period within the predetermined period, and stores the update paramenters in the other one of the first region and the second region, and thereafter transmits the sensor output to the main processor using the update parameters.
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Abstract
During robot operation, a CPU (22) of a sensor unit (10) transmits the sensor output of a sensor (15) to a robot CPU (12) during a transmission period within a control period. During the remaining reception period within the control period, the robot CPU (22) transmits update parameters to the robot CPU (12). The CPU (22) receives these update parameters, and writes them in a second region, among the storage regions of a RAM (16), which is different from a first region in which the default parameters are set. And, upon further receipt of a update command from the robot CPU (22), the CPU (22) performs processing to change over the parameters from the default to the update parameters which have been stored in the second region.
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9 Claims
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1. A robot control system including a main processor for a robot, and a sensor unit which transmits sensor output to the main processor, characterized in:
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that the sensor unit comprises; a processor; and a memory which comprises a first region and a second region for storing parameters which stipulate the operation of the processor, and that the processor, along with transmitting the sensor output to the main processor during a transmission period within a predetermined period by using the parameters which are stored in one of the first region and the second region of the memory, also receives update parameters from the main processor during the remainder of the reception period within the predetermined period, and stores the update paramenters in the other one of the first region and the second region, and thereafter transmits the sensor output to the main processor using the update parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A control method for a robot including a main processor for a robot, and a sensor unit which transmits sensor output to the main processor, wherein the sensor comprises a processor, and a memory which comprises a first region and a second region for storing parameters which stipulate the operation of the processor, the control method characterized by comprising:
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transmitting the sensor output to the main processor during a transmission period within a predetermined period by using the parameters which are stored in one of the first region and the second region of the memory; receiving update parameters from the main processor during the remainder of the reception period within the predetermined period, and storing the update paramenters in the other one of the first region and the second region; and transmitting the sensor output to the main processor using the update parameters after storing the update parameters.
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