Processed product production apparatus, processed product production method, computer-readable storage medium, and processed product production system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12203952-B2
Application number	US-202117214922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2021
Priority date	Mar 30, 2020
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A protocol created in such a format that a series of operations for process targets in the fields of engineering related to living organisms are executable by a robot 10 is acquired (S 1 ). The robot 10 is controlled to implement the operations for the process targets according to the protocol (S 2 ). In order to modify the protocol after the implementation of the operations, modification information on at least one action among basic actions which serve as bases for implementing the operations and is performed on an instrument used by the robot 10 in the operations, and complementary actions which complement the basic actions is acquired (S 5 ). The robot 10 is controlled to produce processed products from the process targets by using the protocol modified based on the modification information (S 7 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processed product production apparatus comprising:
a protocol acquisition unit that acquires a protocol created in such a format that a series of operations for process targets in the fields of engineering related to living organisms are executable by a robot;
an implementation unit that controls the robot such that the robot implements the operations for the process targets according to the protocol;
a protocol modification information acquisition unit that, in order to modify the protocol after the implementation of the operations, acquires modification information on a complementary action which complements a basic action serving as a basis for implementing the operations and performed on an instrument used by the robot in the operations; and
a production unit that controls the robot such that the robot produces processed products from the process targets by using a protocol modified based on the modification information;
wherein
the basic action is an action with a changeable parameter that is initially set for each operation when the protocol is set, and
the complementary action is an action that is of added to the operation of the basic action or replaces the basic action.

2. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the protocol modification information acquisition unit acquires the modification information on the complementary action and modification information on the basic action including a parameter value of a basic action parameter of the basic action.

3. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the modification information on the complementary action is information on the complementary action to be added at a time of implementing the operations.

4. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the modification information on the complementary action is information that changes a fixed value in program code to be executed by the robot according to the protocol.

5. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the production unit controls the robot such that the robot produces the processed products from the process targets by using a protocol in which the fixed value is changed to another value based on the modification information on the complementary action.

6. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the complementary action is an action that is newly added and different from a complementary action generated by changing the fixed value.

7. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the production unit controls the robot such that the robot produces the processed products from the process targets by using a protocol to which a new action is added based on the modification information on the complementary action.

8. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the modification information on the complementary action is information that sets a basic action parameter of the basic action at a value exceeding a set range of the basic action parameter.

9. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the production unit controls the robot such that the robot produces the processed products from the process targets by using a protocol in which the basic action parameter of the basic action is set at a value exceeding a predetermined limit value.

10. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the protocol modification information acquisition unit acquires modification information on the basic action in a case where there is a basic action parameter of the basic action to try within a predetermined range in which the basic action parameter is changed, or in a case where no basic action parameter has been changed according to a design of experiments, and acquires the modification information on the complementary action in a case where there is no basic action parameter to try.

11. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit that displays an item representing the complementary action in order to accept an input of the complementary action.

12. The processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
an evaluation unit that evaluates a result of the implementation,
wherein the protocol modification information acquisition unit acquires the modification information on the complementary action based on the evaluation by the evaluation unit.

13. A cell production system comprising:
the processed product production apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
the robot.

Assignees

• Yaskawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Natsume Tohru
• Matsukuma Kenji
• Yamaguchi Sakae

Classifications

• G05B2219/50391

  Robot · CPC title

• G05B2219/39412

  Diagnostic of robot, estimation of parameters · CPC title

• G05B19/4083

  Adapting program, configuration · CPC title

• C12M41/48

  Automatic or computerized control (automatic analysis G01N35/00) · CPC title

• B01L3/0293

  for liquids · CPC title