Robot Motion Control with Section-Based Vibration Learning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robot systems face increased vibration issues when operating at higher speeds, necessitating extensive machine learning to suppress vibration, which offsets the time-saving benefits of increased speed, especially in manufacturing lines producing diverse products in small quantities.
Innovation Solution
A robot control device that utilizes a command value generation, driving, vibration detection, and correction units to reduce vibration through machine learning based on a small number of operations by focusing on task sections and set ranges within operation programs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the robot operates at higher speed to improve work efficiency, then productivity increases, but vibration increases and requires extensive machine learning repetitions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the operation program into multiple sections with different priority levels. High-priority sections (where vibration suppression is critical) receive focused machine learning attention, while low-priority sections use standard control. This segmentation allows the system to achieve adequate vibration suppression in critical areas without requiring extensive machine learning repetitions across the entire operation program, thus maintaining productivity while reducing harmful vibrations where they matter most.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If machine learning is repeated extensively to suppress vibration, then vibration suppression improves, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the level of machine learning application across different sections of the operation program. Instead of uniformly applying extensive machine learning to all sections, the system identifies specific high-priority sections where vibration suppression is critical and applies focused machine learning only to those sections. This approach achieves adequate overall vibration suppression while significantly reducing the total time required for machine learning repetitions.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If the robot is made more rigid to reduce vibration, then vibration decreases, but mechanical complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical solutions (increasing robot rigidity) with a control-based solution (section-prioritized machine learning). Instead of modifying the robot's mechanical structure to reduce vibration, the system uses intelligent control that identifies and suppresses vibrations in high-priority sections through targeted machine learning. This substitution avoids increasing mechanical complexity and cost while achieving effective vibration reduction where it is most needed.
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AI summary
Provided is a robot control device capable of reducing a robot vibration amount using machine learning based on a small number of operations. A robot control device according to one aspect of the present invention that, in order to perform a task in relation to a target object which is made to move by a robot, controls operation by the robot based on an operation program that uses a plurality of pass-through points to specify a movement path that includes one or more task sections in which the task is to be performed, the robot control device including: a command value generation unit configured to, based on the operation program, generates a command value that instructs a state of the robot for each time; a driving unit configured to drive the robot in accordance with the command value; a vibration amount obtainment unit configured to, for each time, obtain an amount of vibration of the robot that is driven by the driving unit; a vibration amount extraction unit configured to, based on the operation program, extract the amount of vibration for a time corresponding to the task section from among the amounts of vibration obtained by the vibration amount obtainment unit; and a command value correction unit configured to, based on the amount of vibration extracted by the vibration amount extraction unit, correct the command value.


