Kuka Laboratories Gmbh

Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Grenzebach Maschinenbau Gmbh

Johannes Kurth

Günter Schreiber

Albrecht Hoene

Mario Selic

Sven Brudniok

Uwe Zimmermann

Gerhard Hietmann

Rainer Bischoff

Patrick Pfaff

Simon Klumpp

Johann Maischberger

Volker Schmirgel

Ralf Koeppe

Winhold Linnhoff

Sebastian Reitelshofer

Eugen Heinze

Bernd Liepert

Hans-Michael Glatz

Sebastian Reitelshöfer

Sven Hafenberg

Patrik Pfaff

Ruben Smits

Herman Bruyninckx

Günther Schreiber

Tim Guhl

Sebastian REITELSHÖFER

In a method according to the invention for controlling a peripheral component () of a robot system (), a power output, in particular a force, of the peripheral component is adjusted on the basis of an ascertained force (F; mg+md(x)/dt), said force acting dependent on at least one robot pose, in particular a robot path (x(t)).

Method and device for controlling a peripheral component of a robot system

A process module library according to the invention for programming a manipulator process, in particular an assembly process, comprises a plurality of parametrisable process modules ('search( )', 'peg_in_hole( )', &#x201c;gear( )&#x201d;, &#x201c;screw( )&#x201d;) for carrying out a sub-process which in particular is common to different manipulator processes. Each of the process modules comprises a plurality of basic commands of a common set of basic commands for carrying out a basic operation, in particular an atomic or molecular operation, and a process module can be linked, in particular mathematically, to a further process module and/or a basic command. During programming, a manipulator can be controlled by means of a functional module of a graphic programming environment ().

Process module library and programming environment for programming a manipulator process

The present invention relates to a multi-directionally movable vehicle () and to a method for operating the multi-directionally movable vehicle (). The vehicle () has a vehicle body (), a plurality of multi-directionally movable wheels () which are rotatably arranged on the vehicle body () and have the purpose of moving the vehicle (), and a plurality of lighting devices () which are each assigned to one of the wheels () and which can be activated as a function of the selected or intended direction of travel of the vehicle () in order to indicate visually to the outside the direction of travel of the vehicle () by means of one or more activated lighting devices ().

Multi-directionally movable vehicle, and method

In order to increase the safety of a robot that may come into contact with other robots, objects or humans, the invention provides that said robot comprises at least two joints and parts that are moveable in relation to each other via at least one joint. At least one sensor () is arranged on at least one moveable part (), detecting torque. Sensor components () of the sensor () are designed for the redundant detection of a torque, or for the redundant detection of a torque of at least two sensors () are provided, and redundant evaluation units are provided for the redundant evaluation. In order to increase safety, the invention further provides a method for monitoring torque on a robot of said kind, wherein at least a torque on at least one movable part () is redundantly detected and redundantly evaluated on at least one moveable part () by means of two sensor components of a sensor () or by means of two sensors ().

Robot and method for monitoring the torque on such a robot

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Augsburg, Germany

Johannes Kurth