A control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: generate a second control signal by reducing at least one of frequency components obtained based on an output of a first detector which is installed in a portion vibrated by a robot and detects vibration from a first control signal for driving the robot, and wherein the portion is different from the robot and an end effector installed in the robot.

A drive control device activates at least one of a plurality of operation regions and restricts operations by a robot such that the robot operates within the activated operation region. With a plurality of operation regions such as an operation region 1 and an operation region 2 being activated, when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of any of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device does not cut off supply of electric power to a servo amplifier, whereas when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of neither of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device cuts off supply of electric power to the servo amplifier.

A control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, and the processor is configured to receive an instruction to execute a specific operation which is an operation determined in advance; and an amplifier that causes a motor of a robot to execute the specific operation when the processor receives the instruction to execute the specific operation; wherein the processor is configured to receive a measurement result of vibration measured by a measurement device installed in the robot from the measurement device in the execution of the specific operation.

A method for controlling a braking device for a drive unit of a joint between two members of a multi-axis robot arm of an articulated arm robot including a brake activation device and a locking element, wherein the drive unit includes a rotor with at least two radial brake elements, wherein the brake elements are rotated such that the locking element is always exposed. Further described is a method for determining the positions of the radial brake elements.

A method for controlling a braking device for a drive unit of a joint between two members of a multi-axis robot arm of an articulated arm robot including a brake activation device and a locking element, wherein the drive unit includes a rotor with at least two radial brake elements and the brake activation device is formed, bringing the locking element into engagement with a brake element when required in order to stop rotation of the rotor, wherein a detected position of at least one brake element is compared with a stored absolute position with respect to this brake element.

A method for chemical mechanical polishing includes receiving an angular removal profile for a carrier head and an angular thickness profile of a substrate. Prior to polishing the substrate, a desired angle of the carrier head relative to the substrate is selected for loading the substrate into the carrier head. Selecting the desired angle is performed based on a comparison of the angular removal profile for the carrier head and the angular thickness profile of the substrate to reduce angular non-uniformity in polishing. The carrier head is rotated to receive the substrate at the desired angle, the substrate is transferred to the carrier head and loaded in the carrier head with the carrier head at the desired angle relative to the substrate, and the substrate is polished.

A robot system includes a robotic arm having an end effector configured to perform a work to a work object, a memory part storing information that causes the end effector to move as scheduled route information, a motion controller configured to operate the robotic arm by using the scheduled route information to move the end effector, a route correcting device configured to generate, by being manipulated, manipulating information to correct a route of the end effector during movement, a camera configured to image the work object, an image generator configured to generate a synthesized image by synthesizing a scheduled route of the end effector obtained from the scheduled route information with a captured image sent from the camera, and a monitor configured to display the synthesized image.

Methods and systems for enabling human-machine collaborations include a generalizable framework that supports dynamic adaptation and reuse of robotic capability representations and human-machine collaborative behaviors. Specifically, a method of feedback-enabled user-robot collaboration includes obtaining a robot capability that models a robot's functionality for performing task actions, specializing the robot capability with an information kernel that encapsulates task-related parameters associated with the task actions, and providing an instance of the specialized robot capability as a robot capability element that controls the robot's functionality based on the task-related parameters. The method also includes obtaining, based on the robot capability element's user interaction requirements, user interaction capability elements, via which the robot capability element receives user input and provides user feedback, controlling, based on the task-related parameters, the robot's functionality to perform the task actions in collaboration with the user input; and providing the user feedback including task-related information generated by the robot capability element in association with the task actions.

An information sharing system between a plurality of robot systems includes a plurality of robot systems, communicatably connected with each other through a network, and configured to be capable of presetting a given operation of a robot and repeating a correction of the operation, and a storage device, connected with the network and configured to store corrected information containing corrected operating information that is operating information for causing the robot to execute a given operation corrected in at least one of the robot systems. Each of the plurality of robot systems shares the corrected information stored in the storage device and operates the robot based on the sharing corrected information.

In a remote control robot system including a plurality of slave arms, slave arm has a plurality of control modes of an automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on a task program, a manual mode in which slave arm is operated based on an operator's operation received by a master device, and correctable automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on task program while operation is sequentially corrected by the operator's operation received by master device. Operation sequence information includes an automatic part in which slave arm performs a work in the automatic mode, and a selected part in which slave arm performs a work in one selected from plurality of control modes, and the selected parts do not overlap with each other in time among the plurality of slave arms. Based on the operation sequence information, the plurality of slave arms are operated.