Patent ID: 6185480
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B25J,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
An interference preventing method for industrial robots in which a hand of a robot is automatically moved toward a taught target position, comprisinga step of reading a present position of the hand,a step of computing the difference between the taught target position and the present position of the hand,a step of judging whether the difference is within a predetermined range or not,a step of setting a moving speed of the hand to a determined normal speed when the difference is within the predetermined range and the hand is closer to the destination point and the probability of the interference is lower, while setting the moving speed of the hand to a predetermined low speed when the difference is out of the predetermined range and the hand is far away from the destination point and the probability of the interference is greater, anda step of moving the hand automatically to the target position at a set speed.