Remote control robot system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10835333-B2
Application number	US-201615755102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

Robot main body having robotic arm, remote control device including robotic arm operational instruction input part for operator to control by touching, to input operational instruction for robotic arm, and contactless action detecting part configured to detect contactless action including at least one given operation instructing action of operator, and control device communicably connected to remote control device and configured to control operation of robot main body, are provided. Control device includes memory part configured to store operational instruction content data defining an operation mode of robot main body corresponding to at least one operation instructing action, operational instruction content identifying module to identify operation mode of robot main body of the operation instructing action detected by contactless action detecting part based on operational instruction content data, and motion controlling module configured to control operation of robot main body based on operation mode identified by operational instruction content identifying module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A remote control robot system, comprising:
a robot main body having a slave arm;
a remote control device including:
a master arm for an operator to control by touching, to input an operational instruction for the slave arm; and
a contactless action detecting part configured to detect a contactless action including at least one operation instructing action of the operator; and

a control device communicably connected to the remote control device and configured to control operation of the robot main body, the control device including:
a memory part configured to store operational instruction content data defining an operation mode of the robot main body corresponding to the at least one operation instructing action;
an operational instruction content identifying module configured to identify the operation mode of the robot main body corresponding to one of the operation instructing action detected by the contactless action detecting part based on the operational instruction content data; and
a motion controlling module configured to control operation of the robot main body based on the operation mode identified by the operational instruction content identifying module.

2. The remote control robot system of claim 1 , wherein
the operation instructing action is an operator's hand gesture.

3. The remote control robot system of claim 2 , wherein
the hand gesture is inputted by one of operator's hands.

4. The remote control robot system of claim 1 , wherein
the operation instructing action is operator's sound of voice.

5. The remote control robot system of claim 1 ,
wherein the slave arm has an arm that is attachable, at its tip-end part, to an end effector configured to handle a workpiece, and that is configured to move the end effector within a given operational area by moving the tip-end part with respect to a base-end part, and
wherein the operation mode of the robot main body in the operational instruction content data includes an operation mode in which the end effector is operated.

6. The remote control robot system of claim 1 ,
wherein the robot main body includes a traveling unit configured to cause the robot main body to travel, and
wherein the operation mode of the robot main body defined by the operational instruction content data includes an operation mode in which the robot main body travels by the traveling unit.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hashimoto Yasuhiko
• Kamon Masayuki

Classifications

• H04N23/611

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• A61B34/70

  Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery · CPC title

• A61B34/37 Primary

  Leader-follower robots (A61B34/35 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B34/35

  for telesurgery · CPC title

• B25J9/1689

  Teleoperation · CPC title