Patent ID: 8887893
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B23P,B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A work system comprising: a robot that performs a predetermined work on a workpiece as a work target; a plurality of work stations that are places where the predetermined work is performed on the workpiece; a rail provided along one or more of the work stations; and a slider on which the workpiece is placed and which is configured to slide on the rail, wherein the robot includes a robot hand that grips an object to perform the predetermined work on the workpiece and to convey the slider by using the robot hand, wherein the robot has a load capacity that is a maximum load that the robot is allowed to carry with the robot hand, wherein the load capacity is larger than a mass of each of a part assembled into the workpiece, the robot hand, and the slider and is smaller than a total mass of the workpiece into which the part is assembled, the robot hand, and the slider, wherein the plurality of work stations includes a predetermined work station, an upstream work station provided upstream of the predetermined work station, and a downstream work station provided downstream of the predetermined work station, wherein a mass of a conveying object including the workpiece and the slider does not exceed the load capacity of the robot at the upstream work station, and the mass of the conveying object including the workpiece and the slider does exceed the load capacity of the robot at the predetermined work station and at the downstream work station, and wherein the rail is not provided from the upstream work station to the predetermined work station, and the rail is provided along the predetermined work station to the downstream work station.