Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Bettina Pfaff

Günter Schreiber

Thomas Neff

Michael Wolf

Christian Fremuth-Paeger

Marcus Hansen

Thomas Heinrich

A method for controlling a manipulator includes releasing the manipulator in reaction to a release request by an operator, wherein the recognition of the release request involves monitoring the variation over time of a measured value that is characteristic of a state of the manipulator. Increased robustness of the recognition of the release request results.

Robust intuitive operating method by touching a manipulator

The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which non-simultaneously shares a working space with another robot. On the basis of a determined residual period, in which the working space remains occupied, the path planning of a robot is adjusted in a cycle time-optimized manner, in order to avoid a deceleration at the working space limit and a wait for the working space to be vacated.

Flexible cycle time-optimized sharing of a working space for robots

The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which has at least one redundant degree of freedom. The method according to the invention prevents the robot from colliding with its surrounding environment and/or from getting into an inconvenient position as a result of its redundancy, and does so without causing any disadvantageous displacement of the tool center point.

Event-based redundancy angle configuration for articulated-arm robots

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Bettina Pfaff