Abstract: An information providing device includes a storage section configured to register and store information related to a work robot and information on processing models related to the structures, an operation program configured to execute an operation of a work system in a virtual space by using information on the structures and information on a processing model related to the structures; and a control section configured to acquire selection information in which the information on the two or more structures and the processing model related to the structures stored in the storage section are selected, read the information on the structures and the information on the processing model included in the selection information from the storage section, execute processing of the processing model in a state in which the two or more structures are connected by the operation program in the virtual space, and output an executed processing result.

Abstract: An information providing device has an operation program using information on a structure related to a work robot and information on a processing model related to the structure to execute processing of the processing model by the structure in a virtual space. In addition, the information providing device includes a control section for acquiring data of a development target object including at least one of a new structure and a new processing model from an information processing device used by a developer, executing the operation program using the acquired data of the development target object to execute processing by the development target object in the virtual space, and outputting a processing result by the development target object.

Abstract: A system for detecting a position of a long medical device includes a model acquisition portion that acquires a blood vessel model, a correspondence detection portion 1 that detects a position of a long medical device inserted into a blood vessel and detects a correspondence between the blood vessel model and the position of the long medical device, and a display portion that displays the position of the long medical device in association with the blood vessel model on the basis of a detection result of the correspondence detection portion.

Abstract: A market system capable of providing, via a network, data necessary for a production facility performing production through image processing for a workpiece imaged by an imaging system, includes a storage section configured to store multiple pieces of shape data that are created from a captured image of the workpiece for respective imaging systems and are used as a reference for a shape of the workpiece in the image processing, in correlation with a type of the imaging system and a type of the workpiece, and a providing section configured to provide data stored in the storage section to a customer of the production facility via the network.

Abstract: There is provided a simulation method for executing a simulation of a work system composed of multiple modules using a computer, the simulation method including: an acquisition step of acquiring module data in which various data including data relating to shapes of the multiple modules are grouped for each module; a structuring step of structuring a model of the work system in a virtual space by integrating the module data acquired in the acquisition step; and an execution step of executing the simulation using the model structured in the structuring step.

Abstract: An information providing device has an operation program using information on a structure related to a work robot and information on a processing model related to the structure to execute processing of the processing model by the structure in a virtual space. In addition, the information providing device includes a control section for acquiring data of a development target object including at least one of a new structure and a new processing model from an information processing device used by a developer, executing the operation program using the acquired data of the development target object to execute processing by the development target object in the virtual space, and outputting a processing result by the development target object.

Abstract: An information providing device includes a storage section configured to register and store information related to a work robot and information on processing models related to the structures, an operation program configured to execute an operation of a work system in a virtual space by using information on the structures and information on a processing model related to the structures; and a control section configured to acquire selection information in which the information on the two or more structures and the processing model related to the structures stored in the storage section are selected, read the information on the structures and the information on the processing model included in the selection information from the storage section, execute processing of the processing model in a state in which the two or more structures are connected by the operation program in the virtual space, and output an executed processing result.

Abstract: A teaching device capable of teaching not only movement work but also more detailed working content. The teaching device is provided with input section for inputting work information such as work of pinching workpieces which is carried out by a robot arm at a working position. When carrying out motion capture by moving jig (an object which mimics the robot arm) which is provided with marker section, a user manipulate input section at an appropriate timing to input the working content to be performed by the robot arm as work information, and thus it is possible to set fine working content of the robot arm in teaching device. Accordingly, teaching device is capable of linking positional information of jig and the like and work information generating control information for controlling the robot arm.

Abstract: When manufacturing three-dimensional electronic device by layering multiple layer cross sections sliced at a predetermined thickness of three-dimensional electronic device which is the target for forming, first, each layer cross section using multiple types of materials is formed by being layered on top of the layer cross section underneath, and each time a layer cross section is formed, the cross section is cured or sintered by being exposed to ultraviolet light, a laser beam, visible light, and so on. The forming method for each cross section may be forming cross section by discharging a binder via a droplet discharge method such as inkjet printing or dispensing, or by spreading a layer of powdered material and bonding the powdered material by discharging a binder or sintering it by exposing it to a laser beam.

Abstract: In a work machine including an articulated robot which is provided with a work head and moves the work head, imaging devices which image at least part of a workpiece or part of the work machine are attached to a distal end of the robot, and a target operation position of the robot is corrected on the basis of position data regarding a plurality of feature points of the workpiece, created on the basis of imaging data obtained through imaging performed by the imaging devices and design data of the workpiece, or position data regarding a plurality of feature points set for the work machine.

Abstract: A manufacture work machine for preforming a manufacture work, including: work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of work elements of the manufacture work, and a central control device to control the apparatuses in a centralized manner, such that motion commands for one motion to be performed by one of the apparatuses are sequentially transmitted, wherein each apparatus has an individual control device to control an operation of said each apparatus and at least one operating device for performing a work element corresponding to said each apparatus, and wherein the individual control device is configured to recognize a matter of the motion command transmitted from the central control device and is configured to control an operation of each of the at least one operating device so as to permit one of the apparatuses to which the individual control device belongs to perform one motion corresponding to the motion command.

Abstract: A mounting device, which receives electronic circuit components from component supply devices, and mounts the components onto a substrate which is carried into a work region by a substrate conveyance device. The mounting device includes (a) a plurality of articulated robots, which include an arm section that includes a plurality of link members, which are connected so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to one another at a plurality of joints, and a hand that is attached to a free end section of the arm section so as to be relatively rotatable, and (b) a robot guide rail that supports base end sections of the articulated robots in a manner in which the articulated robots are capable of moving in a direction that is parallel to a conveyance direction, and the hand holds a rotating head, which holds a plurality of suction nozzles.

Abstract: A component mounting system and apparatus are provided that include a component mounting apparatus with a substrate holding device, a component supplying device, a head support portion, a mounting head and a forcing means. The mounting head is detachably attached to the head support portion. The mounting head of the system has a recording medium in which information relating to the mounting head is recorded. The system has an external storage portion that stores a plurality of batches of information relating to a plurality of mounting heads. The system further includes a recognizing portion that obtains and recognizes information from the external storage corresponding to the mounting head that is attached to the support portion.

Abstract: A teaching device capable of teaching not only movement work but also more detailed working content. The teaching device is provided with input section for inputting work information such as work of pinching workpieces which is carried out by a robot arm at a working position. When carrying out motion capture by moving jig (an object which mimics the robot arm) which is provided with marker section, a user manipulate input section at an appropriate timing to input the working content to be performed by the robot arm as work information, and thus it is possible to set fine working content of the robot arm in teaching device. Accordingly, teaching device is capable of linking positional information of jig and the like and work information generating control information for controlling the robot arm.

Abstract: A data conversion device capable of generating data necessary for manufacturing electrical device from three-dimensional data using an additive manufacturing, and an additive manufacturing system which performs layered shaping using post-conversion data are provided. A layer information generation section detects members which are included in three-dimensional data and generates layer information for each of the detected members with respect to the three-dimensional data of an electronic device. A layer data division section generates layer data in which the members which are included in the layer information are divided into layer thicknesses which can be shaped using an additive manufacturing. A unit determination section generates unit information which relates to units to be shaped based on the layer data. A control content determination section generates control data which is control information of the units which perform the shaping based on the unit information and the layer data.

Abstract: A stringing device and stringing method usable for manufacturing photovoltaic modules efficiently with an easy configuration, and a photovoltaic module manufacturing device and manufacturing method. A stringing device for electrically connecting electrodes formed respectively in adjacent photovoltaic cells via a conductive member includes: number one joining unit which joins the photovoltaic cell supplied with its light receiving surface facing up and the conductive member to each other; and number two joining unit which joins the photovoltaic cell supplied with its light receiving surface facing down and the conductive member to each other.

Abstract: A central control device used in a manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work to control, in a centralized manner, work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, by sequentially transmitting motion commands each of which is a command for one motion to be performed by one of the work-element performing apparatuses, the central control device including: a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded a matter of each of the work elements to be performed by each of the work-element performing apparatuses to perform manufacture work; a motion-command generating section configured to generate motion commands on the basis of the source data; and a command-transmission processing section configured to preform transmission processing to transmit the motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to the work-element performing apparatuses.

Abstract: A mounting device, which receives electronic circuit components from component supply devices, and mounts the components onto a substrate which is carried into a work region by a substrate conveyance device. The mounting device includes (a) a plurality of articulated robots, which include an arm section that includes a plurality of link members, which are connected so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to one another at a plurality of joints, and a hand that is attached to a free end section of the arm section so as to be relatively rotatable, and (b) a robot guide rail that supports base end sections of the articulated robots in a manner in which the articulated robots are capable of moving in a direction that is parallel to a conveyance direction, and the hand holds a rotating head, which holds a plurality of suction nozzles.

Abstract: A manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work including: a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each including an individual control device; and a central control device configured to control the apparatuses and including a central communication section to transmit, according to one protocol, a motion command in a specific programming language, wherein the individual control device includes (a) an individual communication section configured to receive, according to the one protocol, the motion command transmitted from the central control device and (b) a command converting section configured to convert the motion command received by the individual communication section into a motion command in a programming language that the individual control device can handle, the individual control device being configured to control one of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses that is controlled by the individual control device, on the basis of the motion command converted by the c

Abstract: A method of constructing a manufacture system for manufacturing one product by sequential manufacture works each of which is performed by each of at least one manufacture work machine, the method including: a main-apparatus preparing step of preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, a main apparatus including a main frame and a central control device; a work-element-performing-apparatus preparing step of preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses; a work-element-performing-apparatus installing step of installing the prepared plurality of work-element performing apparatuses on the main frame of the prepared main apparatus; and a central-control-device setting step of executing setting, with respect to the central control device of the prepared main apparatus, for controlling the prepared plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in a centralized manner.