ROBOT ARM APPARATUS, ROBOT ARM CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

[Object] To enable further improvement in user convenience. [Solution] Provided is a robot arm apparatus including: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit, the arm unit being connectable to an imaging unit; and a drive control unit that controls driving of the arm unit by causing each joint unit to be driven cooperatively. The drive control unit uses relative position information of a reference position with respect to the arm unit, the relative position information being based on a state of the arm unit and distance information about a distance between the imaging unit and the reference position, to control the driving of the arm unit in a manner that the reference position is positioned on an optical axis of the imaging unit.