Patent ID: 8825212
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B25J,G05B

Abstract:
1. A robot system comprising: a robot that transfers a workpiece loaded on a pallet; a conveyance passage along which the workpiece transferred by the robot is conveyed; a conveyance passage detection unit that detects an accumulated state of the workpiece accumulated on the conveyance passage; a switching determination unit that performs determination of switching between an operation of taking out the workpiece from the pallet and transferring the workpiece to the conveyance passage and an operation of rearranging the workpiece loaded on the pallet based on the accumulated state detected by the conveyance passage detection unit; a rearrangement instruction unit that instructs, when the switching determination unit determines to switch to the operation of rearranging the workpiece the robot to rearrange the workpiece.