Patent ID: 11962105
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A robot system that performs a work of coupling a flexible flat cable to a connector, comprising:
a robot that grips the flat cable; and
a robot control apparatus that controls the robot, wherein
the connector has an insertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted,
a seat having an introduction surface continuously coupled to the insertion hole is placed at a front side of the insertion hole, and
the robot control apparatus controls the robot to perform
a first moving operation of gripping the flat cable and moving the flat cable to a position facing the seat, and
a pressing operation of bringing the flat cable into contact with the introduction surface in a posture inclined relative to the seat with an end of the flat cable facing the insertion hole side and further pressing the flat cable against the introduction surface, and moving the end toward the connector side,
wherein in the pressing operation, a coupling end portion (931) of the flat cable is inserted into the insertion hole (920) of the connector.