Abstract: Provided is a production system, comprising circuitry configured to: associate a plurality of rungs included in a ladder program with one of a plurality of scan groups each having an execution cycle that is specifiable; allocate each of the plurality of scan groups to one of a plurality of processor cores of a controller so that each of the plurality of scan groups is distributed; and execute one or more rungs associated with one or more scan groups allocated to each of the plurality of processor cores in parallel in each of the execution cycles.

Abstract: A program generating device comprising circuitry configured to: display a schedule screen, in which, for each of a plurality of processes executed in a system including a plurality of industrial devices, at least a name of a process is associated with a variable that is at least either referenced or changed in a process program representing an operation of one or more of the plurality of industrial devices and executed in the process, a plurality of names of the plurality of processes obtained from a process database that is stored as process information are included, and an execution order of the plurality of processes can be specified; receive a specification of the execution order on the schedule screen; and generate a system program based on the execution order and the variable of each process included in the execution order.

Abstract: A braking control device for controlling braking of a host vehicle. For a state in which a host vehicle is stopped in an intersection by automatic emergency braking and an oncoming vehicle is approaching in an oncoming lane, the host vehicle prohibits secondary braking is prohibited in, flashes a hazard lamp, and prohibits an idling stop. For a state in which it is determined in that the vehicle is stopped and it is determined in that it is safe for the vehicle to start moving, the host vehicle releases stop maintenance braking.

Abstract: A control system includes multiple devices each of which independently executes one or more of multiple processes with respect to multiple objects, a memory that stores a setting specified by a user about an execution condition of one or more of the multiple processes, and processing that acquires a current status of the control system, dynamically determines a process to be executed next among the multiple processes based on the setting and the status, and controls the devices.

Abstract: A creation device for creating an instruction for controlling a second industrial machine with a first industrial machine to execute a predetermined operation includes processing circuitry that obtains templates corresponding to operations respectively, control display of a template corresponding to an operation selected from the operations in a creation screen, and create an instruction for the operation selected from the operations based on the operation with respect to the template displayed in the creation screen.

Abstract: The controller communicable with a second controller include circuitry configured to: execute a processing to operate a first machine in collaboration with a second machine controlled by the second controller in a real space; modify the processing in response to determining that, instead of controlling the second machine, the second controller controls a virtual second machine that simulates operations of the second machine in a virtual space; and execute the modified processing to operate the first machine in the real space in collaboration with the virtual second machine that operates in the virtual space.

Abstract: An information system for industrial equipment includes processing circuitry that controls processing apparatuses that each execute a predetermined process with respect to at least one workpiece, respectively collects, from the processing apparatuses, processing information sets that are respectively related to processing steps executed by the processing apparatuses until one corresponding product is manufactured from the at least one workpiece, and associates the processing information sets by assigning to the processing information sets a link identifier that permits a linkage between respective steps of the processing steps related to the one corresponding product.

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 creation device for creating an instruction for controlling a second industrial machine with a first industrial machine to execute a predetermined operation includes processing circuitry that obtains templates corresponding to operations respectively, control display of a template corresponding to an operation selected from the operations in a creation screen, and create an instruction for the operation selected from the operations based on the operation with respect to the template displayed in the creation screen.

Abstract: A robot system includes a work apparatus, a robot, and control circuitry. The work apparatus is configured to move a work module relatively to the work apparatus. The work module is configured to perform work. The work apparatus is connected the robot. The control circuitry is configured to control the robot to move so as to reduce a force generated by moving the work module by the work apparatus.

Abstract: A program generating device comprising circuitry configured to: display a schedule screen, in which, for each of a plurality of processes executed in a system including a plurality of industrial devices, at least a name of a process is associated with a variable that is at least either referenced or changed in a process program representing an operation of one or more of the plurality of industrial devices and executed in the process, a plurality of names of the plurality of processes obtained from a process database that is stored as process information are included, and an execution order of the plurality of processes can be specified; receive a specification of the execution order on the schedule screen; and generate a system program based on the execution order and the variable of each process included in the execution order.

Abstract: An information system for industrial equipment includes processing circuitry that controls processing apparatuses that each execute a predetermined process with respect to at least one workpiece, respectively collects, from the processing apparatuses, processing information sets that are respectively related to processing steps executed by the processing apparatuses until one corresponding product is manufactured from the at least one workpiece, and associates the processing information sets by assigning to the processing information sets a link identifier that permits a linkage between respective steps of the processing steps related to the one corresponding product.

Abstract: A robot system includes a work apparatus, a robot, and control circuitry. The work apparatus is configured to move a work module relatively to the work apparatus. The work module is configured to perform work. The work apparatus is connected the robot. The control circuitry is configured to control the robot to move so as to reduce a force generated by moving the work module by the work apparatus.

Abstract: A disc brake device includes flat springs assembled in a support body and holding the brake pad back plates. The flat springs have a C-shaped part provided with: a connection surface part comprising a pad-receiving surface part; an outer circumferential surface part extending along the rotor circumferential direction from the end region of the connection surface part in the rotor radially outward direction; and an inner circumferential surface part extending along the rotor circumferential direction from the end region of the connection surface part in the rotor radially inward direction. Each flat spring also has a tongue-shaped part that: extends towards the connection surface part from the tip region of the inner circumferential surface part in the rotor circumferential direction; elastically engages an inner circumferential wall of a recess at a tip region of the tongue-shaped part; and biases the pad-receiving surface part towards a base wall of the recess.

Abstract: A pad pressing spring which is mounted on a pad of a disc brake by causing a pinching portion to pinch a pad back plate is configured as follows. An elastic arm which presses the pad in a disc rotor normal-rotating direction continuously extends from a base end side of the pinching portion, and the elastic arm has a configuration in which, when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied in a direction opposite to a direction in which a pad is pressed, a tip end side of the elastic arm comes into contact with a lateral surface of the pad back plate or the pinching portion, and thus a spring constant of the pad pressing spring increases compared to a spring constant in a state where a load exceeding the predetermined value is not applied.

Abstract: A disc brake device includes flat springs assembled in a support body and holding the brake pad back plates. The flat springs have a C-shaped part provided with: a connection surface part comprising a pad-receiving surface part; an outer circumferential surface part extending along the rotor circumferential direction from the end region of the connection surface part in the rotor radially outward direction; and an inner circumferential surface part extending along the rotor circumferential direction from the end region of the connection surface part in the rotor radially inward direction. Each flat spring also has a tongue-shaped part that: extends towards the connection surface part from the tip region of the inner circumferential surface part in the rotor circumferential direction; elastically engages an inner circumferential wall of a recess at a tip region of the tongue-shaped part; and biases the pad-receiving surface part towards a base wall of the recess.

Abstract: A robot picking system includes a robot that picks up a work in a first stocker accommodating a plurality of works, a control device that controls an operation of the robot, and an image acquiring device that acquires image data including information related to the plurality of works. The control device includes a candidate data generating unit that generates candidate data including information of candidate works that are candidates of a picking-up target using the image data, and a target work selecting unit that selects a target work that is a picking-up target from the candidate works using the candidate data.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot and a robot control device. The robot has a plurality of joint axes including a redundant axis. The robot control device includes a first command generator, a limit avoidance command generator, a posture optimization command generator, a null space matrix calculator, a second command generator and a controller. The first command generator generates a first joint angular speed command for the robot. The limit avoidance command generator generates a joint angular speed command A for the robot for avoiding a state in which the robot reaches an operating limit. The posture optimization command generator generates a joint angular speed command B for the robot for optimizing a posture of the robot. The null space matrix calculator calculates a null space matrix of a Jacobian matrix related to a control point. The second command generator generates a second joint angular speed command for the robot.

Abstract: A robot picking system includes a robot including a gripper that picks up a target work in a first stocker accommodating a plurality of works, a control device that controls an operation of the robot, and an image acquiring device that acquires image data including information related to the target work. The control device includes a trajectory calculating unit that sets a first trajectory including a first zone in which a posture of the gripper is changed and a second zone in which the gripper having the changed posture approaches the target work that is a picking-up target.

Abstract: A pad pressing spring which is mounted on a pad of a disc brake by causing a pinching portion to pinch a pad back plate is configured as follows. An elastic arm which presses the pad in a disc rotor normal-rotating direction continuously extends from a base end side of the pinching portion, and the elastic arm has a configuration in which, when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied in a direction opposite to a direction in which a pad is pressed, a tip end side of the elastic arm comes into contact with a lateral surface of the pad back plate or the pinching portion, and thus a spring constant of the pad pressing spring increases compared to a spring constant in a state where a load exceeding the predetermined value is not applied.