Patent ID: 11945118
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of planning work for robots and placing the robots, the method comprising:
creating a work plan for each of the robots, each of the robots having a work tool, to perform work to a plurality of work parts of a workpiece at a plurality of work stations, wherein the work stations are different positions for the workpiece;
calculating a distribution of the work parts to the robots based on the positions of the work parts, content of the work, and work capabilities of the robots;
calculating, as a robot operation, a work order of the work parts and a moving path of the work tool for each of the robots based on the calculated work distribution;
calculating a disposed location of each of the robots with respect to the workpiece and a station of the plurality of stations where the robot is disposed so that an inter-robot interference does not occur during execution of the calculated robot operation, and when at least two of the robots of which the disposed locations with respect to the workpiece at least partially overlap with each other at the station, the calculating the disposed location includes disposing each of the at least two of the robots to a different one of the plurality of stations; and
moving each of the robots to the disposed location and the station that are calculated for each of the robots.