Patents by Inventor Ferran CARLAS
Ferran CARLAS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12275151Abstract: The robot control system includes a first control device and a second control device network-connected to the first control device to control a robot. The first control device includes a selection unit configured to enable any one of a plurality of sources that provide information about generation of a command instructing behavior of the robot, and a first communication unit configured to transmit a command generated according to the information from the enabled source in the plurality of sources to the second control device. The second control device includes a second communication unit configured to receive the command transmitted from the first control device, and a command value generation unit configured to sequentially generate a command value for driving each axis of the robot so as to provide the behavior instructed by the command from the first control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ferran Carlas, Diego Escudero, Raffaele Vito, Antonio Penalver, David Fornas, Yoshihide Tamura, Taku Oya
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Patent number: 11855907Abstract: A robot control system includes a first control device including a first communication unit and one or more second control devices connected to the first control device through a network. Each of the second control devices includes a second communication unit that exchanges data with the first communication unit of the first control device using a communication resource of a network allocated thereto, and a command value generation unit that sequentially generates a command value for driving the robot, in accordance with a command from the first control device. The robot control system includes a communication resource setting unit that allocates the communication resource to each second control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Diego Escudero, Ferran Carlas, Raffaele Vito, Yoshihide Tamura, Taku Oya
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Publication number: 20230132698Abstract: A robot control system includes a first control device including a first communication unit and one or more second control devices connected to the first control device through a network. Each of the second control devices includes a second communication unit that exchanges data with the first communication unit of the first control device using a communication resource of a network allocated thereto, and a command value generation unit that sequentially generates a command value for driving the robot, in accordance with a command from the first control device. The robot control system includes a communication resource setting unit that allocates the communication resource to each second control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Diego ESCUDERO, Ferran CARLAS, Raffaele VITO, Yoshihide TAMURA, Taku OYA
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Publication number: 20230101517Abstract: The robot control system includes a first control device and a second control device network-connected to the first control device to control a robot. The first control device includes a selection unit configured to enable any one of a plurality of sources that provide information about generation of a command instructing behavior of the robot, and a first communication unit configured to transmit a command generated according to the information from the enabled source in the plurality of sources to the second control device. The second control device includes a second communication unit configured to receive the command transmitted from the first control device, and a command value generation unit configured to sequentially generate a command value for driving each axis of the robot so as to provide the behavior instructed by the command from the first control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ferran CARLAS, Diego ESCUDERO, Raffaele VITO, Antonio PENALVER, David FORNAS, Yoshihide TAMURA, Taku OYA
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Patent number: 10625417Abstract: A control system including a selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) robot is provided. The SCARA robot includes a first arm configured to be rotatable around a first rotation shaft, a second arm configured to be rotatable around a second rotation shaft arranged parallel to the first rotation shaft and provided on the first arm, and a main shaft configured to be drivable in a direction parallel to the second rotation shaft and provided on the second arm. The control system includes a setting unit providing a user interface for receiving a setting of a two-dimensional operation prohibition region with respect to a point of interest on the SCARA robot. The operation prohibition region corresponds to an area on a plane orthogonal to the main shaft. The control system includes an extension unit two-dimensionally extending the operation prohibition region through an extension in a direction of the main shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Toru Kogawara, Igor Jovanovic, Diego Escudero-Rodrigo, Ferran Carlas Ponce, Raffaele Vito, Sandra Pallarés Gual
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Patent number: 10625418Abstract: A control system, a controller, a control method and a recording medium capable of preventing damage to a cable occurring during an operation under control of a scara robot are provided. A control system includes a scara robot 300 and a controller configured to control the scara robot 300. The controller includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a target position of a control object in the scara robot 300 and a decision unit configured to decide a rotational direction of an operation tool 332 so that a cable 333 does not collide with a component of the scara robot 300 when the control object moves to the target position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Daisuke Matsunaga, Igor Jovanovic, Diego Escudero-Rodrigo, Ferran Carlas Ponce, Raffaele Vito, Sandra Pallarés Gual
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Publication number: 20180250817Abstract: A control system, a controller, a control method and a recording medium capable of preventing damage to a cable occurring during an operation under control of a scara robot are provided. A control system includes a scara robot 300 and a controller configured to control the scara robot 300. The controller includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a target position of a control object in the scara robot 300 and a decision unit configured to decide a rotational direction of an operation tool 332 so that a cable 333 does not collide with a component of the scara robot 300 when the control object moves to the target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Daisuke MATSUNAGA, IGOR JOVANOVIC, DIEGO ESCUDERO-RODRIGO, Ferran CARLAS PONCE, RAFFAELE VITO, Sandra Pallarés Gual
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Publication number: 20180250816Abstract: A control system including a selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) robot is provided. The SCARA robot includes a first arm configured to be rotatable around a first rotation shaft, a second arm configured to be rotatable around a second rotation shaft arranged parallel to the first rotation shaft and provided on the first arm, and a main shaft configured to be drivable in a direction parallel to the second rotation shaft and provided on the second arm. The control system includes a setting unit providing a user interface for receiving a setting of a two-dimensional operation prohibition region with respect to a point of interest on the SCARA robot. The operation prohibition region corresponds to an area on a plane orthogonal to the main shaft. The control system includes an extension unit two-dimensionally extending the operation prohibition region through an extension in a direction of the main shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Toru KOGAWARA, IGOR JOVANOVIC, DIEGO ESCUDERO-RODRIGO, Ferran CARLAS PONCE, RAFFAELE VITO, Sandra Pallarés Gual