Controller for movable robot for moving a work element through a continuous path

摘要

A control system for a movable robot, having a movable member which is linearly movable on and articulated about a base and having an articulated arm with a work element, executes a prestored continuous path program for moving the work element through a continuous path by simultaneous coordinated linear and articulation displacements of the movable member and arm in all degrees of freedom. These simultaneous coordinated displacements are produced by interpolating in advance the position of the movable member at a teaching point and by loading the interpolated position of the movable member into an interpolation calculation of the arm position.