Abstract: A robot control device includes a processor that is configured to calculate, based on magnitude of a target force in force control performed based on an output of a force sensor, a direction of the target force, a position where the force control is started, a posture in which the force control is started, and peculiar information including values of a plurality of allowable torques corresponding to a plurality of joints included in the robot, values of a plurality of torques generated in the plurality of joints when the force control is executed at the magnitude of the target force and in the direction of the target force in the position where the force control is started and the posture in which the force control is started.

Abstract: A method of controlling a robot that performs work using an end effector on an object transported by a handler includes calculating a target position of the end effector based on a position of the object, calculating a tracking correction amount for correction of the target position in correspondence with a transport amount of the object, controlling the end effector to follow the object based on the target position and the tracking correction amount, acquiring an acting force acting on the end effector from the object using a force sensor, calculating a force control correction amount for correction of the target position to set the acting force to a target force, and controlling the acting force to be the predetermined target force by driving the manipulator based on the force control correction amount.

Abstract: A reset process includes: first processing for resetting a force detection unit; second processing for determining whether a peak output value from the force detection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value in a first period and updating a determination result; third processing for executing the first processing when the peak value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value; fourth processing for executing the second processing when the peak value is not equal to or greater than the first threshold value and a second period did not elapse from the timing when the force detection unit was reset; and fifth processing for calculating an average of the output values in a third period as a first offset value when the peak value is not equal to or greater than the first threshold value and the second period elapsed from the timing.

Abstract: A control device includes a control unit which executes a control force to a movable unit according to an output of a force detection unit. The control unit executes a stop control of the movable unit when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied. The stop control includes a second control which continues the force control to control the movable unit when the stop condition is satisfied during the execution of a first control including a force control.

Abstract: A robot control device includes a processor that is configured to calculate, based on magnitude of a target force in force control performed based on an output of a force sensor, a direction of the target force, a position where the force control is started, a posture in which the force control is started, and peculiar information including values of a plurality of allowable torques corresponding to a plurality of joints included in the robot, values of a plurality of torques generated in the plurality of joints when the force control is executed at the magnitude of the target force and in the direction of the target force in the position where the force control is started and the posture in which the force control is started.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a processor that is configured to: receive first position information representing a first position in which a first operation including force control to be performed based on magnitude of a force detected by a force detector should be executed; determine an initial value of one of a mass coefficient and a viscosity coefficient that should be used in the force control of the first operation based on specific information on a configuration of a robot stored in a memory unit and the first position information; and store the initial value in the memory.

Abstract: A robot control device that creates a control program for work of a robot with a force detector, the device includes a processor. the processor is configured to: display an input screen including an operation flow creation area for creating an operation flow of work including a force control operation on a display device; convert the created operation flow into a control program; and execute the control program to control the robot, and when an operation of the robot is not a predetermined operation set in advance after the control program is executed, the processor displays a screen for presenting a countermeasure for realizing the predetermined operation set in advance on the display device.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a robot control part that controls a robot; and a force detection information acquisition part that acquires force detection information from a force detector. The robot control part allows the robot to move a first object closer to a second object and, if a magnitude of at least one of a force and moment contained in the force detection information exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, to perform an operation of bringing a first surface of the first object into surface contact with a second surface of the second object according to position control and force control based on a predetermined distance and a predetermined velocity.

Abstract: A control device includes a robot control section that controls a robot including a hand and a force detecting section; and an operation-mode switching section that switches, when storing a position and a posture of the robot, a first mode for moving the robot by the robot control section until an external force applied to the hand satisfies a predetermined condition and a second mode for moving the robot by the robot control section on the basis of an external force applied to a first part included in the robot.

Abstract: A robot control device is configured to perform, during movement of an end effector of a robot in a movement direction of a target object, force control by which a force acts on the target object based on an output of a force detection unit included in the robot to cause the robot to perform work on the target object by the end effector. Whether the work is able to be started is determined in a process where the end effector follows the movement of the target object, and when it is determined that the work is able to be started, the work is caused to start.

Abstract: A robot control device that creates a control program for work of a robot with a force detector, the device includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to: display an input screen including an operation flow creation area for creating an operation flow of work on a display device; convert the operation flow created in the operation flow creation area into the control program; and execute the control program to control the robot. And the input screen is configured to display a first screen area for setting whether or not to apply an integrator to a difference between a target force and a measuring force of the force detector for a specific control direction among a plurality of control directions and a second screen area for adjusting an integral gain of the integrator.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a robot control part that controls a robot; and a force detection information acquisition part that acquires force detection information from a force detection unit. The robot control part, in which a range of control values for operating a robot by force control based on the force detection information is designated, operates the robot based on the control values and the designated range.

Abstract: A robot control device that creates a control program for work of a robot with a force detector, the device includes a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: display an input screen including an operation flow creation area for creating an operation flow of work on a display device; convert the created operation flow into a control program; and execute the control program to control the robot, wherein the input screen is configured to display a plurality of operation objects indicating a plurality of operations including an operation using force control, and one or more conditional branch objects indicating a conditional branch, as options, and wherein the operation flow creation area is configured to create an operation flow including the conditional branch by graphically placing an operation object selected from the plurality of operation objects and the conditional branch object.

Abstract: A robot control device that creates a control program for work of a robot with a force detector, the device includes a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: display a screen for displaying a plurality of options for selecting work including one or more force control operations; display a screen for setting work parameters related to selection work selected from the plurality of options; display a screen for displaying an operation flow of the selection work and editing the operation flow; set operation parameters of the force control operation based on the work parameters set for the selection work; and cause the robot to execute the selection work based on the work parameters and the operation parameters according to the operation flow.

Abstract: A control device includes a robot control section that controls a robot including a hand and a force detecting section; and a operation-mode switching section that switches, when storing a position and a posture of the robot, a first mode for moving the robot by the robot control section until an external force applied to the hand satisfies a predetermined condition and a second mode for moving the robot by the robot control section on the basis of an external force applied to a first part included in the robot.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus that controls a robot including a manipulator, a force detector provided in the manipulator, and an actuator that drives the manipulator based on a target position, includes a display control unit that displays a motion position of the manipulator derived based on a target force and an output of the force detector and the target position on a screen.

Abstract: A force control coordinate axis setting device includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to set a force control coordinate axis, wherein the processor is configured to set a force direction axis parallel to a direction of a target force applied to a robot and two orthogonal axes orthogonal to the force direction axis and orthogonal to each other within a virtual space, and set the force direction axis and the orthogonal axes are set as the force control coordinate axes in the robot.

Abstract: A robot control device includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instruction so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to determine that a control target of force control is achieved, based on two conditions made up of a range condition in the case where an output from a force detection unit provided in a robot is within a predetermined range and a continuation condition in the case where a state that satisfies the range condition is continued.

Abstract: A control device includes a robot control section that controls a robot including a hand and a force detecting section; and a operation-mode switching section that switches, when storing a position and a posture of the robot, a first mode for moving the robot by the robot control section until an external force applied to the hand satisfies a predetermined condition and a second mode for moving the robot by the robot control section on the basis of an external force applied to a first part included in the robot.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a robot control part that controls a robot; and a force detection information acquisition part that acquires force detection information from a force detection unit. The robot control part, in which a range of control values for operating a robot by force control based on the force detection information is designated, operates the robot based on the control values and the designated range.