Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Robot control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Black, Thomas G. (Department: 3661)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Robot control
C700S255000, C700S258000, C700S259000, C318S568100, C318S568110, C318S568130, C901S001000, C901S002000, C901S014000, C901S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07110859
ABSTRACT:
A temporary operation path is set by connecting a plurality of welding points in a virtual space generated by a computer to investigate whether an end effector can be operated along the temporary operation path. If the operation cannot be operated, a path to avoid interference with a workpiece is set automatically while extracting a portion in which the workpiece exists in the internal space surrounded by the end effector in order to set a narrow-area operation path for withdrawing the end effector from a welding point. Next, in order to set a wide-area operation path for making movement between withdrawing points, a template operation is applied, in which the end effector is moved by a prescribed distance in a prescribed direction.
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Kaneko Masakatsu
Nakajima Ryo
Shibata Kaoru
Black Thomas G.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Marc McDieunel
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