US Patent 10252418 Load parameter setting method and load parameter setting device

A load parameter setting device includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of load parameters corresponding to a plurality of types of workpieces to be gripped by the robot respectively; an index calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plurality of stored load parameters, an index for selection of the load parameter of the workpiece gripped by the robot based on a current position and orientation of the robot; and a selection unit that selects the load parameter of the workpiece from among the plurality of load parameters stored in the storage unit based on the calculated index.