[미국특허]
Manipulator and its control apparatus and method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G05B-015/00
G05B-019/00
G06F-015/16
G05B-019/04
출원번호
US-0259148
(2005-10-27)
등록번호
US-7295893
(2007-11-13)
우선권정보
JP-2003-096819(2003-03-31)
발명자
/ 주소
Sunaoshi,Takamitsu
출원인 / 주소
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
대리인 / 주소
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
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246인용 특허 :
14
초록▼
A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode includes a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a detector detecting the orientation of the master unit and the orientation of the slave unit; and a control device controlling the slave unit in response to a co
A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode includes a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a detector detecting the orientation of the master unit and the orientation of the slave unit; and a control device controlling the slave unit in response to a command from the master unit. The control device determines a non-master/slave operative mode or a master/slave operative mode, and calculates a difference between the orientation of the master unit and the orientation of the slave unit. The absolute value of the calculated difference is compared with a preset reference value, and depending upon the result of the comparison, a normal master/slave operative mode or a transitional master/slave operative mode is determined, wherein in the master/slave operative mode, the transitional master/slave operative mode is a transitional mode from the non-master/slave operative mode to the master/slave operative mode.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode, comprising: a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a first detector detecting the first position of the master unit; a second detector detecting the second position of the slave unit; a
What is claimed is: 1. A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode, comprising: a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a first detector detecting the first position of the master unit; a second detector detecting the second position of the slave unit; and a control device configured to control the slave unit in response to the command from the master unit, wherein the control device includes: a function of determining a non-master/slave operative mode or a master/slave operative mode; a function of calculating a difference between the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit; and a function of comparing the absolute value of the difference with a preset reference value, and depending upon the result of the comparison, determining a normal master/slave operative mode or a transitional master/slave operative mode, in said master/slave operative mode, where said transitional master/slave operative mode is a transitional mode from the non-master/slave operative mode to the master/slave operative mode. 2. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the control device selects the normal master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is smaller than the reference value, and selects the transitional master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is larger than the reference value. 3. The manipulator according to claim 2, wherein, in case said absolute value is larger than the reference value, when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof away from the second position of the slave unit, the control device generates an accelerated follow target as a target position value of the slave unit to enable the second position of the slave unit to catch up with the first position of the master unit, and when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof toward the second position of the slave unit, the control device generates a decelerated follow target as the target position value of the slave unit to enable the first position of the master unit to catch up with the second position of the slave unit. 4. The manipulator according to claim 3, wherein, in case the first position change ratio of the master unit is zero, the control device is configured to generate a stop target to stop the slave unit. 5. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein, upon judging whether the first position control of the master unit is done to change the master unit away from the slave unit or toward the slave unit, the control is judged to move the master unit away from the slave unit when D is positive, and judged to move the master unit toward the slave unit when D is negative, said D is given by D =Δθm횞d where Δθm is the time difference of the first position of the master unit, and d is the angular difference obtained by subtracting the second position θs of the slave unit from the first position θm of the master unit. 6. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the master unit and the slave unit have the relation expressed by θmq=βθsq where θmq is the moving amount of the master unit, θsq is the moving amount of the slave unit, and θ is 1, and the slave unit is configured to move by a moving amount equal to the moving amount of the master unit. 7. The manipulator according to claim 6, wherein the control device is configured to change the time difference Δθs of the target value of the slave unit by a parameter α to satisfy the equation Δθs=αΔθm where Δθm is the time difference of the first position of the master unit, Δθs is the time difference of the target value of the slave unit, and α is a selectable parameter. 8. The manipulator according to claim 7, wherein the control device is configured to select the normal master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is smaller than the reference value, and to select the transitional master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is larger than the reference value. 9. The manipulator according to claim 8, wherein, in case said absolute value is larger than the reference value, when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof away from the second position of the slave unit, the control device is configured to generate an accelerated follow target as a target position value of the slave unit to enable the second position of the slave unit to catch up with the first position of the master unit, and when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof toward the second position of the slave unit, the control device is configured to generate a decelerated follow target as the target value of the slave unit to enable the first position of the master unit to catch up with the second position of the slave unit. 10. The manipulator according to claim 9, wherein the control device is configured to set the parameter α larger than 1 when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof away from the second position of the slave unit, and to set the parameter α to a value greater than or equal to zero and smaller than 1 when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof toward the second position of the slave unit. 11. The manipulator according to claim 7, wherein the control device is configured to select the operating manner in the transitional master/slave operative mode by setting the parameter. 12. The manipulator according to claim 7, wherein the control device is configured to set the parameter individually for each axis of the master unit. 13. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the master unit and the slave unit have the relation expressed by θmq=βθsq, where θmq is the moving amount of the master unit, θsq is the moving amount of the slave unit, and β is a value other than 1, and the slave unit is configured to move by several times or one part of several divisions of the moving amount of the master unit. 14. The manipulator according to claim 13, wherein the control device is configured to change the time difference Δθs of the target value of the slave unit by a parameter αext to satisfy the equation Δθs=αextΔθm, where Δθm is the time difference of the first position of the master unit, Δθs is the time difference of the target value of the slave unit, and αext is a selectable parameter. 15. The manipulator according to claim 14, wherein the control device is configured to select the master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is smaller than the reference value, and to select the transitional master/slave operative mode when said absolute value is larger than the reference value. 16. The manipulator according to claim 15, wherein, in case said absolute value is larger than the reference value, when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof away from the second position of the slave unit, the control device is configured to generate an accelerated follow target as a target position value of the slave unit to enable the second position of the slave unit to catch up with the first position of the master unit, and when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof toward the second position of the slave unit, the control device is configured to generate a decelerated follow target as the target position value of the slave unit to enable the first position of the master unit to catch up with the second position of the slave unit. 17. The manipulator according to claim 16, wherein the control device is configured to set the parameter αext to satisfy 0≦αext≦β when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof toward the second position of the slave unit, and to set the parameter αext to satisfy αext≧β when the master unit is controlled to change the first position thereof away from the second position of the slave unit. 18. The manipulator according to claim 14, wherein the control device is configured to select the operating manner in the transitional master/slave operative mode by so setting the parameter. 19. The manipulator according to claim 14, wherein the control device is configured to set the parameter individually for each axis of the master unit. 20. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to change the operative mode between the transitional master/slave operative mode and the normal master/slave operative mode which is preset. 21. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to employ a position of first position of the master unit falling in a read value non-sensitive region of control positions of the master unit in the master/slave operative mode, to use said position of first position of the master unit in the transitional master/slave operative mode, and to execute saturation processing of the target value of the slave unit after generating the target value by the operating manner determined in the transitional master/slave operative mode. 22. The manipulator according to claim 1, wherein the degrees of freedom differ between the master unit and the slave unit. 23. The manipulator according to claim 22, wherein the master unit includes a master unit operating member, the slave unit includes a slave unit operating member, operations of the master unit operating member differ from operations of the slave unit operating member, a position of the master unit operating member is detected by the first detector, and a position of the slave unit operating member is detected by the second detector. 24. The manipulator according to claim 23, wherein the master unit operating member is configured to perform a rotational operation or linear operation. 25. The manipulator according to claim 23, wherein the master unit operating member includes a master unit first operating member and a master unit second operating member, and positions of the master unit first operating member and the master unit second operating member are detected by the first detector, the position of the master unit first operating member being set as an operation speed target value of the slave unit operating member and the position of the master unit second operating member being set as a position target value of the slave unit operating member. 26. The manipulator according to claim 22, wherein the master unit is configured to change the operative mode of the manipulator from a first operative mode to a second operative mode by the master unit, and the operations of the slave unit differ between the first operative mode and the second operative mode. 27. The manipulator according to claim 26, wherein the master/slave operation is stopped based on an instruction to switch from the first operative mode to the second operative mode, and in the second operative mode, a difference between the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit is obtained, and the transitional master/slave operation is carried out based on the difference obtained. 28. A control device of a manipulator working in a master/slave operative mode and having a master unit for commanding an operation, a slave unit having a work unit and operative in response to a command from the master unit, and a detector unit for detecting the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit, comprising: a function of calculating a difference between the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit; and a function of comparing the absolute value of the difference with a preset reference value, and switching the operative mode between a transitional master/slave operative mode and a normal master/slave operative mode depending upon the result of the comparison, the transitional master/slave operative mode being a transitional mode from a non-master/slave operative mode to the master/slave operative mode. 29. A method of controlling a manipulator working in a master/slave operative mode and having a master unit for commanding an operation, a slave unit having a work unit and operative in response to a command from the master unit, and a detector unit for detecting a difference between the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit, comprising: calculating a difference between the first position of the master unit and the second position of the slave unit; and comparing the absolute value of the difference with a preset reference value, and depending upon the result of the comparison, determining a normal master/slave operative mode or a transitional master/slave operative mode which is a transitional mode from a non-master/slave operative mode to the master/slave operative mode.
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