Provided is a control device capable of automatically determining whether or not an inertia estimation function needs to be activated. The control device 10 is for an electric motor and comprises: a first inertia estimation unit 11 that estimates whether or not there has been a change in the inertia of an object to be driven, on the basis of at least one among first information pertaining to an operation program or operation settings for a device comprising the electric motor, second information obtained from a detection device for detecting the shape of the object to be driven by the electric motor, and third information indicating the operation state of the electric motor; and a second inertia estimation unit 12 that estimates the inertia of the object to be driven if the first inertia estimation unit 11 has estimated that there has been a change in the inertia of the object to be driven.

A control method for controlling an actuator (11) connected to a load (50) for handling, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an intention to handle the load (50); applying an increasing command to the actuator (11) until detecting a movement of the actuator (11); storing the value reached by the command when a movement of the actuator (11) is detected; using the stored value reached by the command to determine an estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling; and controlling the actuator by means of a force servocontrol relationship using the estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling in order to establish the commands to be applied to the actuator (11).

A cobot (1) arranged to perform the method.

A method of estimating one or more mass characteristics of a payload manipulated by a robot includes moving the payload using the robot, determining one or more accelerations of the payload while the payload is in motion, sensing, using one or more sensors of the robot, a wrench applied to the payload while the payload is in motion, and estimating the one or more mass characteristics of the payload based, at least in part, on the determined accelerations and the sensed wrench.

Methods and robot, where payload information of a payload attached to a robot tool flange of a robot arm are obtained by arranging the robot tool flange in a plurality of different orientations in relation to gravity; obtaining the force and the torque provided to the robot tool flange by gravity acting on the payload using a force torque sensor arranged at the robot tool flange; obtaining the mass of the payload based on the obtained forces obtained at at least two of the different orientations. The dependent claims describe possible embodiments of the robot and methods according to the present invention.

A controller of a motor that drives a driven body, the controller includes: a command generating unit that generates a movement command for the motor; an inertia estimating unit that acquires feedback information of the motor and estimates an inertia on the basis of a predetermined estimation equation; a difference computing unit that computes a change in the inertia changed with machining based on the movement command of the command generating unit; and a comparing unit that compares a difference between the estimation results before and after the machining of the driven body estimated by the inertia estimating unit and the change in the inertia computed by the difference computing unit. the estimation equation of the inertia estimating unit is corrected on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing unit so that the difference between the estimation results matches a computation result obtained by the difference computing unit.

Provided is a control device capable of automatically determining whether or not an inertia estimation function needs to be activated. The control device 10 is for an electric motor and comprises: a first inertia estimation unit 11 that estimates whether or not there has been a change in the inertia of an object to be driven, on the basis of at least one among first information pertaining to an operation program or operation settings for a device comprising the electric motor, second information obtained from a detection device for detecting the shape of the object to be driven by the electric motor, and third information indicating the operation state of the electric motor; and a second inertia estimation unit 12 that estimates the inertia of the object to be driven if the first inertia estimation unit 11 has estimated that there has been a change in the inertia of the object to be driven.

A numerical controller includes a command analysis unit that generates movement command data by analyzing a program command and an axis travel calculation unit that, when the program command commands movement of a tool in a direction of a first straight axis orthogonal to an axis of rotation of a workpiece, converts a command value based on the program command for the movement of the tool in the direction of the first straight axis into a command value for a rotation angle of a turret, and a position of the tool is controlled in accordance with a rotation command for the turret based on the command value for the rotation angle of the turret calculated by the axis travel calculation unit, instead of the command based on the program command for the movement in the direction of the first straight axis.

A control method for controlling an actuator (11) connected to a load (50) for handling, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an intention to handle the load (50); applying an increasing command to the actuator (11) until detecting a movement of the actuator (11); storing the value reached by the command when a movement of the actuator (11) is detected; using the stored value reached by the command to determine an estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling; and controlling the actuator by means of a force servocontrol relationship using the estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling in order to establish the commands to be applied to the actuator (11). A cobot (1) arranged to perform the method.

A controller of a motor that drives a driven body, the controller includes: a command generating unit that generates a movement command for the motor; an inertia estimating unit that acquires feedback information of the motor and estimates an inertia on the basis of a predetermined estimation equation; a difference computing unit that computes a change in the inertia changed with machining based on the movement command of the command generating unit; and a comparing unit that compares a difference between the estimation results before and after the machining of the driven body estimated by the inertia estimating unit and the change in the inertia computed by the difference computing unit. the estimation equation of the inertia estimating unit is corrected on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing unit so that the difference between the estimation results matches a computation result obtained by the difference computing unit.

A machine tool that attaches and detaches workpieces to and from a spindle in a shorter time includes: a machining mechanism part including a spindle, a tool rest, a first-axis feed mechanism moving the spindle in a a first axis extending along a center axis of the spindle, and a second-axis feed mechanism relatively moving the spindle and the tool rest in a second axis orthogonal to the first axis; a loading mechanism part including holding parts for holding a workpiece, and a third-axis feed mechanism moving the holding parts in a third axis orthogonal to the first axis to position them at the transfer position; and a numerical controller. The numerical controller operates to move the spindle toward the transfer position and to position the holding parts at the transfer position such that the operations at least partially overlap.