Abstract: A control device includes a setting detection unit that detects a setting operation on a value of a setting item related to control of the industrial machine and a notification unit configured to notify information related to the setting operation. The setting detection unit can detect a setting operation caused by execution of an MDI program, a setting operation caused by execution of a machining program, a setting operation caused by an external signal, and a setting operation caused by a higher-level management server. The notification unit provides a notification using a guidance message, a popup window, voice, an external signal, or information transmission via a network.

Abstract: A controller includes an operating command generation unit for controlling at least one of a first drive source for applying pressure to an electrode, a second drive source for driving a polishing tool for polishing the electrode, and a third drive source for changing the position and/or orientation of one in relation to the other of the electrode and the polishing tool, and changing an operating command for the first drive source or at least one of the third drive source and the second drive source to be peak-shaped and valley-shaped in the course of at least one cycle of operation of the polishing tool.

Abstract: A numerical controller includes a first processing unit configured to execute a first process of determining whether or not a control program includes a wait command, a second processing unit configured to execute a second process of determining whether or not a wait condition included in the wait command is satisfied when it is determined that the control program includes the wait command, and a third processing unit configured to execute a third process different from the first process and the second process in response to executing the second process within a period of the first control cycle.

Abstract: Provided are: a 3D printer using a robot and enabling molding of an article with high strength and high accuracy; and a control apparatus for said robot. A robot used as this 3D printer has: an input-side encoder that acquires information regarding the angle of an input axis of a joint of the robot operated on the basis of a control command; and an output-side encoder that acquires information regarding the angle of an output axis. A calculation unit of this control apparatus has: a control command storage unit having stored therein a control command for motors of respective axes of the robot; a deviation estimation unit that receives results of detection by both of the input-side encoder and the output-side encoder and estimates the deviation of an actual trajectory of the robot from the control command; and a control command correction unit that corrects the control command by using the estimation result by the deviation estimation unit.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system that can easily teach a welding robot. A robot welding system according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a robot; a robot controller; a welding torch; and a robot operation terminal including an image capturing device, a display device, and a terminal controller. The terminal controller includes a teaching accepting unit that accepts an input of teaching information for the robot.

Abstract: A parallel link robot includes a base unit, a movable part disposed below the base unit, a plurality of arms that connect the base unit and the movable part in parallel, and a wrist shaft that penetrates through the movable part along an axis extending in a vertical direction and is driven and rotated about the axis with respect to the movable part. A jig mount for detachably mounting a positioning jig is provided on one of an upper surface of the movable part and an upper portion of the wrist shaft exposed on the upper surface. A contact surface with which the positioning jig mounted on the jig mount makes contact is provided on the other one of the movable part and the wrist shaft, or a contact member having the contact surface can be detachably mounted onto the other one of the movable part and the wrist shaft.

Abstract: A robot operating device is mounted to a robot. The robot is capable of performing a motion by means of lead-through control in which a force applied by an operator is detected and a position and an orientation are changed in accordance with the detected force and the robot operating device including: a bracket that is secured to a flange at a distal end of the robot and with which an elongated tool is attached at a decentered position with respect to a rotation axis of the flange so as to be parallel to a plane containing the rotation axis; and two handles that are secured to the bracket and that are respectively grasped by two hands of the operator, wherein the handle is disposed in the plane so as to extend in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the tool, and the handle is disposed in a vicinity of the tool so as to extend in a direction intersecting the plane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine tool control device that makes it possible to optimally adjust a variation condition and obtain a stable chattering suppression effect. The machine tool control device is provided with: a variation command calculation unit that calculates a variation command on the basis of a speed command for a spindle motor in a machine tool and a variation condition for varying the rotation speed of the spindle motor, and generates a speed control command for controlling the speed of the spindle motor on the basis of the speed command and the variation command; a speed deviation determination unit that determines whether or not a speed deviation indicating the difference between the speed command and the actual speed of the spindle motor in a prescribed period is within a first permissible range; and a condition change unit that changes the variation condition when the speed deviation is out of the first permissible range.

Abstract: A robot includes: an arm; a shaft supported at a tip of the arm so as to be movable in a direction of a predetermined axis; a power transmitting unit fixed to the arm and connected to a power supply; and a power receiving unit and a battery that are fixed to the shaft. In a state in which the shaft is positioned at a predetermined position in the direction of the axis, the power receiving unit is close to the power transmitting unit to wirelessly receive power transmitted from the power transmitting unit, and the battery stores the power received by the power receiving unit and uses the power as a power source of a device attached to the shaft.

Abstract: A device that creates information related to a machining program includes a numerical control device, a PC in which machining program creation software is installed, and a dedicated device that is an emulator for the numerical control device. The numerical control device acquires setup information required for a setup operation from the information related to the machining program of a machine tool controlled by the numerical control device and acquires setup basic information from information registered in a device configured to execute the machining program of the machine tool. Setup support information is then generated from the setup information and the setup basic information. Accordingly, the numerical control device supports a setup operation of the machining program by using the acquired setup information and the generated setup support information.

Abstract: A numerical control system 1 is provided with: a numerical control device 5 including a machine tool control module 50; a robot controller 6 including a robot control module 60 for controlling the movement of a robot 3; and a variable storage unit 58 for storing the values of a plurality of variables that can be read and written by both modules 50, 60. The machine tool control module 50 reads the value of a second variable stored in a second storage area 582 of the variable storage unit 58, controls the movement of a machine tool 2 on the basis of the value that has been read, and rewrites the value of a first variable stored in a first storage area 581, and the robot control module 60 reads the value of the first variable, controls the movement of the robot 3 on the basis of the value of the first variable that has been read, and rewrites the value of the second variable.

Abstract: This machine tool comprises: a saddle which moves relative to a bed in a first direction; a table which moves relative to the saddle in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a first clamp member which is fixed to the bed and the table and fixes the relative position of the bed and the table.

Abstract: A control device includes a moving machine operation unit for moving an end effector by operating a plurality of moving machines; an operating state data acquisition unit for acquiring operating state data indicating the operating states of the moving machines; an adaptive control execution unit for adjusting an output value of the end effector, in accordance with the operating state data acquired by the operating state data acquisition unit; and an input switching unit for switching the moving machines from which the operating state data acquisition unit acquires the operating state data, from a first moving machine to a second moving machine, in accordance with a predetermined command.

Abstract: A robot system, including a robot having a wrist mechanism including a flange that is rotatable about a rotation axis, a welding torch fixed to the flange by a torch bracket, and a welding sensor that is fixed with respect to the welding torch and that detects a weld line, where the welding sensor is disposed at a position between the flange and a fixed position at which the welding torch is fixed to the torch bracket, the welding sensor is capable of scanning a laser beam, and the welding torch includes a tubular torch body that is arranged so as to protrude toward a distal end side than the fixed position, and makes a wire protrude from a distal end of the tubular torch body by the tubular torch body curved at least twice.

Abstract: In a machine tool according to an embodiment of the present invention, a first motor and a second motor are controlled to drive a first movable part and a second movable part by a prescribed drive operation in each of a plurality of orientation positions. In the machine tool, a frequency characteristic of at least one of the first motor and the second motor is acquired that includes the times that the first movable part and the second movable part are positioned in each of the plurality of orientation positions, each of the frequency characteristics is compared with a corresponding standard frequency characteristic, and the presence of a malfunction in the machine tool is determined on the basis of the comparison result.

Abstract: A robot includes a first arm, a second arm, and a connector that connects the first arm and the second arm to each other in such a manner as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. The connector includes a columnar-shaped columnar section extending along the vertical axis and a first cover section extending from an outer peripheral surface of the columnar section in a direction intersecting the vertical axis. The second arm includes a main body section connected to the columnar section and a second cover section attached to the first cover section to surround a space in an enclosed state. The space is faced by at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface and a surface of the main body section located toward the first arm.

Abstract: Provided is a machine tool hand including a body portion that is mounted so as to be attachable to and detachable from a spindle of a machine tool, and that is provided with a flow path connected to a coolant-liquid supply path formed in the spindle; and two or more hand members that are attached to the body portion such that at least one of the hand members is pivotable about a prescribed axis, and that are capable of gripping an object therebetween by being closed. The flow path is provided with discharge ports via which a coolant liquid supplied from the coolant-liquid supply path is discharged toward surfaces of the hand members that are exposed to an outside, and a pressure of the coolant liquid causes an opening operation or a closing operation of the hand members.

Abstract: A controller of a robot includes an operation device for an operator to perform an operation of manually changing a position and an orientation of the robot. The operation device includes a movable part configured to perform a pushing operation, a pulling operation, and a tilting operation in a predetermined direction, and an operation detection unit configured to detect the operation of the movable part. The processing device includes a manual control unit that controls an inching operation that changes the position and the orientation of the robot by a predetermined minute amount. The manual control unit determines whether or not the inching operation is performed based on the magnitude of the force with which the movable part is operated.

Abstract: An inquiry system is provided in which an inquiry unit of a user of a machine and/or a device makes inquiries related to the machine and/or the device to inquiry a plurality of center systems of suppliers, and includes: a relay device which connects the inquiry unit and the inquiry center systems; and a storage unit which stores first and second identification information related to the machine and/or the device, the inquiry unit includes: an acquisition unit which acquires the first identification information; and a first communication unit which transmits the first identification information acquired to the relay device, the relay device includes: a second communication unit which communicates between the inquiry unit and the inquiry center systems; and a selection unit which selects, based on the first and second identification information, the inquiry center system and the second communication unit connects the inquiry unit and the inquiry center system.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a servo CPU; a physical quantity detection unit which detects a physical quantity such as a load applied on a servo motor which operates a movable part included in an injection molding machine. The abnormality detection device further includes a first storage unit directly readable/writable by the servo CPU; and a second storage unit not directly readable/writable by the servo CPU. A reference physical quantity is stored in the first and second storage units. The servo CPU outputs an instruction for stopping or decelerating the movable part in response to a first physical quantity deviation, which is a deviation between a reference physical quantity read from the first storage unit and a current physical quantity, or a second physical quantity deviation, which is a deviation between a reference physical quantity read from the second storage unit and a current physical quantity, exceeds a threshold value.