Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Laboratories Gmbh

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Andreas Hagenauer

Martin Weiss

Stefan Graf

Michael C Chaffee

Manfred Huettenhofer

Kenneth A Stoddard

Guenther Wiedemann

Tobias Ortmaier

Dietmar Tscharnuter

Dirk Jacob

Manfred Hüttenhofer

Günther Wiedemann

Andreas Aurnhammer

Khalid Mirza

R William Kneifel, Ii

Torsten Hasenzahl

David Martin

Zoubir Benali

Matthias Mühlhäusser

Robert Schreittmiller

Stefan Burkhart

Elisabeth Hanke

Markus Eisensehr

Stefan Poth

Catherine Dangel

Till Engelmann

Lorenz Bewig

Stefanie Deller

Stefan DÜRNDORFER

David M Martin

RWilliam Kneifel Ii

A method for moving along a predetermined path with a robot in an at least a partially automated manner includes determining a deployment position on a current path section of the predetermined path for which a distance parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, and moving to the deployment position with the robot. In one aspect, the robot may be moved to the deployment position if a deployment condition is satisfied. The distance parameter may be determined on the basis of a distance of a current position of the robot relative to the current path section. The predetermined condition may be that the distance parameter has a value that is less than or equal to the values of the distance parameter of all positions in a partial area of the current path section, which is in particular complementary to the deployment position.

Moving along a predetermined path with a robot

An inventive programming means for programming a movement of a robot axis arrangement and a movement of at least one further robot axis arrangement is adapted to synchronize the pair of positions of the movement of the robot axis arrangement and the pairs of positions of the movement of at least one more robot axis arrangement, and while maintaining this synchronization, to specify at least another position between either one of these pairs of positions, which is not synchronized with another position of the hereby synchronized pair of positions.

Setting synchronized robot movements

A method for error recognition in a control system of a medical treatment and/or diagnosis device includes processing, by the control system, data in a regular operating mode and supplying, by the control system, test data of a test data record to a safety-critical component of the control system in a test mode of the control system. The safety-critical component of the control system is also checked in the test mode of the control system.

Method for error recognition in a control system of a medical treatment and/or diagnosis device

A method in accordance with the invention for modification of a robot path which has a plurality of path points comprises the following steps of specifying a modification region which has at least two path points of the robot path, specifying a modification of a reference point of the modification region, and automated modification of the modification region, in particular of path points of the modification region, on the basis of the specified modification.

Method and programming means for modification of a robot path

A method for designating and/or controlling a manipulator process for a manipulator configuration having at least one manipulator, in particular, an industrial robot, wherein the manipulator process includes a given oriented manipulator path for the manipulator configuration. The method includes designating or executing at least one action by the manipulator configuration, in particular, differently, in response to a reverse movement running counter to the oriented manipulator path, and/or a return movement running in the same direction as the oriented manipulator path.

Method and means for providing and/or controlling a manipulator process

A method for fixing the position at least one axis of a manipulator, in particular of a robot, includes closuring a mechanical brake of the axis, deactivating an actuator of the axis with a motion controller, monitoring the mechanical brake, and activating the actuator with the motion controller if a monitoring system identifies a fault condition of the mechanical brake.

Method and apparatus for fixing a manipulator axis

The invention relates to a method for testing the plausibility of output signals (u, u) of a resolver (), by means of which an angular position of two elements (-) of a machine (R) can be determined in relation to each other.

Method for testing the plausability of output signals of a resolver

A method for stopping a manipulator includes the steps of advance simulation of stopping distances for different states and/or braking force profiles of the manipulator, estimating of an upper limit as the stopping distance on the basis of the stopping distances simulated in advance, monitoring a zone, and decelerating the manipulator when a zone is violated, wherein the monitored zone is defined variably during operation on the basis of the stopping distance of the manipulator.

Method and device for stopping a manipulator

The invention relates to an industrial robot () having a control apparatus (), and to a method for controlling the movement of the industrial robot (). For the purposes of the method, an instruction which is intended for controlling the industrial robot () is checked, an interpreted instruction is produced by interpretation of the checked instruction by means of an interpreter (), and the interpreted instruction is stored in a temporary store (). This process is repeated until a first keyword is detected. A data record () is then produced from the interpreted instructions stored in the temporary store (), wherein the data record () has information relating to at least one path element of a path on which the industrial robot () is intended to be moved. The data record () is loaded into a buffer store (), is checked by the buffer store () and is interpolated by means of an interpolator (), in order to move the industrial robot () on the path element.

Industrial robot and method for controlling the movement of an industrial robot

A method for regulation of a multi-axis automated manipulator, in particular of a robot, includes flexible regulation of at least one guide axis, and rigid regulation of at least one additional axis, and determining a desired value of the at least one additional axis on the basis of a real value of the guide axis.

Method and device to regulate an automated manipulator

A method for the synchronous control of several manipulators, such as several industrial robots, is characterized in that control units of specific manipulators exchange control information according to the data structures contained in a corresponding control program, through which control units to be synchronized and synchronization points in the control programs taking place there can be clearly identified, and in that on reaching and synchronization points the program sequence in the control units to be synchronized is continued according to the contents of the data structures in conjunction with the already exchanged control information or stopped until corresponding information arrives from other control units to be synchronized.

Method and apparatus for the synchronous control of manipulations

The invention concerns a method and a system for controlling a first robot and at least one other robot, the at least one other robot being calibrated relative to the first robot by the determination of at least one coordinate transformation of the first robot relative to at least one other robot and said at least one transformation is stored in a control device of the other robot, wherein also the first robot is calibrated relative to the other robot by the determination of at least one independent coordinate transformation and said at least one independent transformation is stored in a control device of the first robot.

Method and system for controlling robots

A system for controlling a plurality of robots and a method for controlling said system. Said system comprises a plurality of controllers, each having an associated motion system adapted to control attached robots, with each motion controller being able to receive motion instructions from at least one motion instruction source and at least one of said motion instruction sources being a control program, as well as a computer network over which said controllers communicate. In this way, the invention can be applied to solve problems which are commonly encountered in coordination activities such as load sharing, mating of parts while processing, fixtureless transfer, teaching, manual motion of coordinated operations, and time coordinated motion.

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Friedberg, Germany

Andreas Hagenauer