Patent ID: 9625899
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B25J,G05B,Y02P

Claim:
1. A teaching system comprising: an image generating unit that generates a virtual image including a closed processing line set on a workpiece to be processed by a robot; a start point specifying unit that specifies a start point at a position other than positions on the closed processing line on the virtual image; a via point specifying unit that specifies a via point on the closed processing line; and a teaching data generating unit that generates teaching data relative to the robot for a path that leaves the start point to follow the closed processing line by way of the via point and returns to the via point, wherein the teaching data is performed by the robot; wherein the closed processing line is divided into a plurality of divided lines, the via point specifying unit determines a direction of sequential selection of two adjacent divided lines as a processing direction of the robot on the closed processing line, and specifies the via point on a divided line of the plurality of divided lines, and the start point specifying unit specifies the start point at the position on a side of a reference line extending orthogonally to the divided line and through the via point, the side being opposite to the processing direction with respect to the via point specified on the divided line.