A robot system includes: a learning control unit configured to perform learning for calculating a learning correction amount for bringing a position of a control target portion toward a target position; a robot control unit configured to control the operation of the robot mechanism unit; a power spectrum calculating unit configured to calculate a power spectrum of a vibration data of the control target portion; a comparison unit configured to compare each power spectrum between at the time of the current learning and at the time of the immediately preceding learning; and a learning correction amount updating unit configured to adjust at least one of a phase and a gain of the learning correction amount used at the time of the current learning to set the adjusted learning correction amount as a new learning correction amount used at the time of next learning.

A jointed mechanism includes a passive pendulum system attached to and suspended from the multi-axis robot. The system includes one or more position sensors configured to measure a joint angle on the pendulum system, at least one arm, and an end-effector attached to a distal end of the pendulum system. A controller implements a method to selectively control motion of the robot in a plurality of control modes. The control modes include a Cooperative Mode and an Autonomous Mode. The controller is configured to detect contact with the end-effector when operating in the Autonomous Mode, and to automatically initiate a control action in response to the contact. The pendulum system may be a parallelogram arrangement.

A machine tool is disclosed which can suppress resonance of an in-machine robot even when vibration occurs during machining of a workpiece. Vibration of the in-machine robot is detected by a vibration sensor of the in-machine robot. When the vibration of the in-machine robot becomes greater than or equal to a threshold during machining of the workpiece, a controller changes a natural frequency of the in-machine robot by exchanging an end effector of the in-machine robot or by changing an orientation of the in-machine robot, to thereby suppress resonance of the in-machine robot.

A robot system 1 including: a robot; a control device which controls the robot; an elongated member attached to a distal end of the robot; a light projection unit attached to one end of the elongated member for emitting light in a longitudinal direction of the elongated member; a plurality of light reception units, arranged at the other end side of the elongated member, configured to receive the light emitted by the light projection unit; and a timer configured to measure time that is necessary for one of the light reception units to receive the light twice, where the control device controls the robot so as to slightly move a proximal end portion of the elongated member in a vibration movement direction of a distal end portion of the elongated member, based on the measured time and an order of light reception by the light reception units.

A robotic system includes a jointed mechanism, position sensors, and a controller. The mechanism has an end-effector, and further includes actively-controlled joints and passive joints that are redundant with the actively-controlled joints. The position sensors are operable for measuring joint positions of the passive joints. The controller is in communication with the position sensors, and is programmed to execute a method to selectively control the actively-controlled joints in response to the measured joint positions using force control and/or a modeled impedance of the robotic mechanism. Possible control modes in impedance control include an Autonomous Mode in which an operator does not physically interact with the end-effector and a Cooperative Control Mode in which the operator physically interacts with the end-effector.

A drive system includes an actuator that is driven by a motor to generate displacement, a driver that drives the motor, and a controller that gives a control instruction to the driver. The controller includes a model creation unit that creates a physical model based on displacement caused by application of an external load to the actuator and an instruction generating unit that generates a control instruction such that the actuator generates displacement according to the physical model.

A determination value calculated based on a distance from a work point of a tip of robot arm (10) to virtual straight line (30) passing through an axis of second joint (J2) and an axis of third joint (J3) is compared with a predetermined threshold. A method of calculating deflection compensation amounts for second joint (J2) and third joint (J3) is changed depending on whether the determination value is larger or smaller than the threshold. Second joint (J2) and third joint (J3) are caused to pivot based on the calculated deflection compensation amounts.

A vibration suppression method for a servo motor and a load multistage drive system is provided. For a number N of fixed vibration frequencies and one vibration frequency varying with a load position existing in a multistage drive mechanism, a number of N+1 vibration suppression filters are adopted, and each filter is configured to eliminate a corresponding vibration frequency. Fixed vibration frequencies and a vibration frequency varying with a load position in a multistage drive system are measured by using an offline method, and the varied vibration frequencies are made into a two-dimensional table related to the load positions. The fixed vibration frequencies are eliminated by using fixed-frequency parameter vibration suppression filters; and the varied vibration frequencies are eliminated by using a variable-frequency parameter vibration suppression filter, and the vibration frequencies are obtained in real time according to the load positions and the two-dimensional table.

After a component picked up by a suction nozzle is moved in an XY direction towards target XY coordinates, a waveform of a vibration (vibration waveform) in the Y direction arising in the component after the component has arrived near the target XY coordinates is measured, and control is performed such that the component arrives at a target Z coordinate (value zero) when a displacement y of the component crosses a node of the measured vibration waveform.

A robot system includes a robot mechanism unit provided with a sensor and a motor encoder for detecting a position of a control target, and a robot control device which controls an operation of the robot mechanism unit in accordance with an operation program, in which a learning control unit includes a position error estimating section which estimates low-frequency components in a position error, based on information from the motor encoder and estimates high-frequency components in the position error, based on information from the sensor.