An information processing apparatus comprises an obtaining unit configured to obtain sensing data on an area including an installation target component; a detection unit configured to detect a position/orientation of the installation target component as a component position/orientation based on the sensing data; a setting unit configured to set, based on the component position/orientation and shape data on the installation target component, a candidate gripped portion of the installation target component to be gripped by a hand mechanism; a calculation unit configured to calculate, as a candidate hand position/orientation, a position/orientation of the hand mechanism in which the candidate gripped portion can be gripped; and a generation unit configured to generate candidate teaching data for gripping operation by the hand mechanism by associating the candidate gripped portion and the candidate hand position/orientation with each other.

A teaching method of teaching a position of a control point on a working route through which the control point set on a robot arm passes when the robot arm performs work and a posture of the robot arm using three-dimensional data of a working object, includes a first step of setting a predetermined first work point on the working route based on the three-dimensional data, and a second step of associating a first coordinate system set for the first work point with a second coordinate system set for the robot arm when the control point is located at the first work point, wherein, at the second step, one is selected from a plurality of candidates of the first coordinate system at the first work point, and the selected coordinate system is set as a first correction coordinate system for the first work point.

A system for robot teaching based on RGB-D images and a teach pendant, including an RGB-D camera, a host computer, a posture teach pendant, and an AR teaching system which includes an AR registration card, an AR module, a virtual robot model, a path planning unit and a posture teaching unit. The RGB-D camera collects RGB images and depth images of a physical working environment in real time. In the path planning unit, path points of a robot end effector are selected, and a 3D coordinates of the path points in the basic coordinate system of the virtual robot model are calculated; the posture teaching unit records the received posture data as the postures of a path point where the virtual robot model is located, so that the virtual robot model is driven to move according to the postures and positions of the path points, thereby completing the robot teaching.

An example robotic welding system includes: one or more sensors configured to determine a physical position and orientation of a welding tool with respect to a reference frame; and a processor configured to: communicatively connect to a welding-type power supply; during a welding operation performed using the welding tool: track the physical position and orientation of the welding tool within the reference frame; and monitor at least one of an input or an output of the welding-type power supply; and generate a robotic welding procedure based on the tracked physical position and orientation of the welding tool and based on the at least one monitored input or monitored output of the welding-type power supply.

A teaching method of teaching a position of a control point on a working route through which the control point set on a robot arm passes when the robot arm performs work and a posture of the robot arm using three-dimensional data of a working object, includes a first step of setting a predetermined first work point on the working route based on the three-dimensional data, and a second step of associating a first coordinate system set for the first work point with a second coordinate system set for the robot arm when the control point is located at the first work point, wherein, at the second step, one is selected from a plurality of candidates of the first coordinate system at the first work point, and the selected coordinate system is set as a first correction coordinate system for the first work point.

Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for machining a part. Methods include generating a first spatial representation identifying a first orientation of a machining tool, and mechanically coupling an end effector to the part at a first position, the end effector including the machining tool and a coupling tool. Methods include generating a second spatial representation identifying a second orientation of the machining tool relative to the part, the first and second spatial representations being generated based on images captured by at least one imaging device and measurements from a plurality of sensors. Methods include identifying a plurality of differences that result from the coupling and that include a rotational distance and translational distance, the identifying being based on a comparison of a first image and a second image. Methods include adjusting the machining tool to return the machining tool to the first orientation at the first position.

A system for robot teaching based on RGB-D images and a teach pendant, including an RGB-D camera, a host computer, a posture teach pendant, and an AR teaching system which includes an AR registration card, an AR module, a virtual robot model, a path planning unit and a posture teaching unit. The RGB-D camera collects RGB images and depth images of a physical working environment in real time. In the path planning unit, path points of a robot end effector are selected, and a 3D coordinates of the path points in the basic coordinate system of the virtual robot model are calculated; the posture teaching unit records the received posture data as the postures of a path point where the virtual robot model is located, so that the virtual robot model is driven to move according to the postures and positions of the path points, thereby completing the robot teaching.

Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for machining a part. Methods include generating a first spatial representation identifying a first orientation of a machining tool, and mechanically coupling an end effector to the part at a first position, the end effector including the machining tool and a coupling tool. Methods include generating a second spatial representation identifying a second orientation of the machining tool relative to the part, the first and second spatial representations being generated based on images captured by at least one imaging device and measurements from a plurality of sensors. Methods include identifying a plurality of differences that result from the coupling and that include a rotational distance and translational distance, the identifying being based on a comparison of a first image and a second image. Methods include adjusting the machining tool to return the machining tool to the first orientation at the first position.

Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for machining a part. The methods may include generating a plurality of spatial representations associated with a plurality of positions identified by a machining pattern associated with the part. The plurality of spatial representations may include a first spatial representation identifying a first orientation of a machining tool relative to the part at a first position. The methods may include moving an end effector to the first position. The methods may include mechanically coupling, using a coupling tool, the end effector to the part at the first position. The methods may include generating a second spatial representation identifying a second orientation of the machining tool relative to the part at the first position. The methods may include adjusting the machining tool in response to determining that the second spatial representation is different than the first spatial representation.

In a workpiece loader device, a loader mechanism is configured to move a loader hand directly held by operator's hands to a desired position. A loader mechanism control part stores position coordinates as workpiece receiving position coordinates when the loader hand is moved by operator's hands to the workpiece receiving position and a completion of moving is confirmed.