Patent ID: 11926058
Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. An information providing method used in a work system including a work robot that performs a predetermined work on a workpiece, the method comprising:
causing a display to display a structure input field;
accepting user selection of a first structure via the structure input field;
causing the display to selectively display at least one second structure that is connectable to the first structure as determined based upon information on a connection portion for connecting the first structure with another structure, non-connectable structures, as determined based upon the information on the connection portion, being non-selectable;
accepting user selection of one of the at least one second structure via the structure input field;
accepting user input of one or more of a plurality of processing models corresponding to at least one of the first structure and the one of the at least one second structure,
constructing a virtual representation of the work system by combining the first structure, the one of the at least one second structure, and the one or more of the processing models in a virtual space;
causing the virtual representation of the work system to operate in the virtual space to execute an operation of performing a work on a virtual workpiece in the virtual space using information on the first structure and the one of the at least one second structure and information on the one or more of the processing models;
determine whether the operation of performing the work has been normally executed;
outputting an indication of malfunction when the operation of performing the work has not been normally executed, the malfunction including a virtual representation of the work robot dropping the virtual workpiece in the virtual space, the indication eliciting corrective action; and
outputting a determined result when the operation of performing the work has been normally executed,
wherein the work system executes a series of processes to perform the predetermined work on the workpiece.