Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Christian Hartmann

Marc-Walter Ueberle

Gerhard Hietmann

Uwe Bonin

Richard Rudolf

Richard Schwarz

Denis Pesotski

Botond Gorog

Giulio Milighetti

Robert Bertossi

Thomas Fuerst

Marc Ueberle

Alexander Melkozerov

A method for controlling a robot in at least one pose of the robot wherein the robot can be operated in either a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation. In the second mode of operation the robot can be moved by manually applying a guiding force to the robot. The method includes determining a distance of a state variable of the robot from a first limit and then triggering a safety response when the distance satisfies a first condition and the robot is operating in the first mode of operation. When the robot is operating in the second mode of operation and the distance satisfies the first condition, the method includes not triggering the safety response, and motorically applying a positioning force to the robot in dependence on the determined distance so that the distance can be reduced when the robot is unobstructed.

Method and apparatus for controlling a robot

A method of safety monitoring for a robot assembly with at least one robot that is configured with a linking function arrangement with at least one first linking function including a fixed and predetermined number of monitoring functions of a monitoring function arrangement. The monitoring functions are logically linked to one another such that the first linking function has a reaction state whenever all of the monitoring functions indicate the violated and/or error state. The first linking function does not have a reaction state whenever any monitoring function from the plurality of monitoring functions does not indicate the violated and/or error state. The reaction state is executed by the controller when all of the monitoring functions are in the violated and/or error state.

Configurable security monitoring for a robot assembly

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Konigsbrunn, Germany

Christian Hartmann