Abstract: Object To provide a robot system, a robot, and a robot control method capable of improving the operability of a robot. Solution to Problem A robot system 1 includes a robot 3 and a robot controller 5 configured to control the robot 3. The robot 3 includes an arm 13 and a strip-shaped switch 25 configured to allow an operation at a plurality of locations in a direction of circling around an outer periphery of the arm 13, and allow the robot controller 5 to cause the robot 3 to be in an operable state based on the operation when an operator performs the operation.

Abstract: A coating system includes a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion of a vehicle body and a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot. The first robot has a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area. The second robot has a second base via which the second robot is mounted. The second base is mounted below the first base in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a first chamber into which air is configured to flow from an outside of the control apparatus and which has a cross-sectional area of flow, a second chamber which communicates with the first chamber such that the air flows from the first chamber to the second chamber and which has a cross-sectional area of flow smaller than the cross-sectional area of flow of the first chamber, and a third chamber which communicates with the second chamber such that the air flows from the second chamber to the third chamber and which has a cross-sectional area of flow smaller than the cross-sectional area of flow of the second chamber.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot having a tool configured to perform work on a target portion of a workpiece and an arm to which the tool is connected and which is configured to move the tool, vibration detection circuitry configured to detect vibration of the workpiece in a vibration direction, estimation circuitry configured to estimate an arrival timing at which the workpiece arrives at a return position in the vibration direction based on the vibration detected by the vibration detection circuitry, and control circuitry configured to control the arm based on the arrival timing such that the tool performs the work on the target portion.

Abstract: A robot includes a base, a pivot base, an upper arm, and a lower arm. The base is fixed to an installation surface. The pivot base has a pivot base proximal end which is connected to the base such that the pivot base is rotatable around a first axis along a vertical direction. The lower arm includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a hollow structure and connects the first extending portion and the second extending portion such that the first arm proximal end faces the second arm proximal end and such that the first arm distal end faces the second arm distal end. The connecting portion includes a reinforcing portion in the hollow structure. The reinforcing portion includes ribs which connect opposed inner walls of the connecting portion and which cross each other.

Abstract: A power conversion device 1 includes a matrix converter circuit 10 including a plurality of switching elements and being configured to perform bidirectional power conversion between alternating current power on a primary side and alternating current power on a secondary side, a power conversion control unit 114 configured to switch on and off the plurality of switching elements in unison with a carrier wave to cause an alternating current on the secondary side to follow a control command, and a carrier wave changing unit 116 configured to change, based on a nearness level between a frequency on the primary side and a frequency on the secondary side, a frequency of the carrier wave.

Abstract: A robot control system, comprising: one or more robots configured to perform work on a material including a content; and circuitry configured to: cause the one or more robots to move at least one of a cutter and the material so that a cut is made in the material with the cutter; and cause the one or more robots to rotate the material so that the cut faces downward.

Abstract: A creation device includes processing circuitry that acquires process information about multiple processes executed by one or more industrial machines, controls display, based on the process information of the processes, of a specification screen in which at least one of a pre-process and a post-process of each of the processes is specified, and creates a control program of a control device that controls the one or more industrial machines such that the processes are executed in an order specified using the specification screen.

Abstract: A protocol created in such a format that a series of operations for process targets in the fields of engineering related to living organisms are executable by a robot 10 is acquired (S1). The robot 10 is controlled to implement the operations for the process targets according to the protocol (S2). In order to modify the protocol after the implementation of the operations, modification information on at least one action among basic actions which serve as bases for implementing the operations and is performed on an instrument used by the robot 10 in the operations, and complementary actions which complement the basic actions is acquired (S5). The robot 10 is controlled to produce processed products from the process targets by using the protocol modified based on the modification information (S7).

Abstract: A robot system includes first and third robots arranged along a transport direction in which a workpiece is conveyed, and a second robot arranged between the first and third robots along the transport direction. Each of the first and third robots has a first distal end at which a first end effector is configured to be provided to work on the workpiece and has a plurality of axes arranged in a first axis configuration in which a rotation axis, a pivot axis, a pivot axis, and a rotation axis are arranged in this order from the first distal end. The second robot has a second distal end at which a second end effector is configured to be provided to work on the workpiece. The second robot has a second axis configuration different from the first axis configuration.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor rotatable around an axis, a stator provided to surround the rotor and having a first side on one side, a connecting board, a bracket, connection pins electrically connected to the connecting board, a direct connection connector, and a main circuit connector. Stator windings are electrically connected the connecting board which is provided on the one side. The bracket has an opening and is provided on the one side to be connected to the stator so as to cover the connecting board and the first side of the stator. The direct connection connector is inserted into the opening such that the connection pins are inserted into the direct connection connector to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector. The main circuit connector is inserted into the opening and to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector.

Abstract: A robotic apparatus including an arm member configured to pivot about a first axis, a first end effector, a second end effector, a drive unit, and a control unit. The first and second end effectors are pivotably connected to the arm member about a second axis, and each have a surface to receive a workpiece. The drive unit drives the arm member to pivot about the first axis, and to drive the first and second end effectors to pivot about the second axis. The control unit controls the drive unit to move the arm member and the first and second end effectors to perform a swapping operation that includes the first and second end effectors swapping arc positions at opposite ends of an arc of constant radius of curvature such that the workpieces on the first and second end effectors each travel at equal and constant velocities along the arc.

Abstract: A coating system including a coating robot and a movable opener robot. The coating robot has a fixed base fixedly mounted to a coating booth, and a first arm rotatably coupled to the fixed base about a first axis substantially parallel to a conveyance direction of a workpiece that includes a body and a first movable member. The body has a body inner surface and the first movable member has a first movable member inner surface. The movable opener robot has a movable base mounted such that the movable opener robot is movable in the coating booth in the conveyance direction. The movable base is mounted below the fixed base. The movable opener robot can open the first movable member of the workpiece. The coating robot can coat the body inner surface and the first movable member inner surface when the first movable member has been opened.

Abstract: A generation device for generating an action program for a robot based on an operation of a user includes processing circuitry that generates skill information including skills each corresponding to a relative robot action, stores the skill information in a skill database, generates a task including skills each associating with action reference coordinates that serve as a reference for the relative robot action, stores the task in a task database, generates a master including tasks associating with the robot, and stores the master in a master database.

Abstract: A control system include: a robot controller configured to control a robot; and a computation circuitry configured to communicate with the robot controller, wherein the robot controller includes a first memory in which state information of the robot is stored, and wherein the computation circuitry includes: a second memory a content of which is synchronized with a content of the first memory; and a processor configured to execute an application that performs a computation related to control of the robot based on the content of the second memory.

Abstract: A robot control system, comprising: a first robot; a second robot; and circuitry configured to: control the first robot so that the first robot supports a first part of an indefinite-shape object placed at a predetermined location; and control the second robot so that the second robot supports a second part of the indefinite-shape object to convey the indefinite-shape object in cooperation with the first robot, the second part being different from the first part.

Abstract: A robot control system, comprising: a robot configured to hold a cutter; and circuitry configured to control the robot so that the robot cuts a packaging material with a blade of the cutter, and control the robot so that the blade is oriented more toward an outer side of the packaging material when the robot cuts a face of the packaging material with the blade than when the robot cuts a corner of the packaging material with the blade.

Abstract: A data collection system for an industrial machine, the data collection system comprising circuitry configured to: collect collection data relating to the industrial machine based on a predetermined collection setting; identify the predetermined collection setting based on identification information associated with the collection data; and execute parse processing relating to the collection data based on the identified predetermined collection setting.

Abstract: A robot control system includes robot controller circuitry that controls a robot, and host controller circuitry that communicates with the robot controller circuitry. The host controller circuitry further executes a control program, and transmits a command according to an execution result of the control program to the robot controller circuitry, and the robot controller circuitry further receives the command from the host controller circuitry, and executes pre-processing according to the command.

Abstract: A power conversion device is provided, which includes: a power conversion circuit that performs power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power; a buffer data accumulation circuit that, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquires data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and store the data sets in a ring buffer; a state monitoring circuit that generates a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition; and a data replication circuit that, in a case where a trigger signal is generated, stores, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal.