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Karl-Gunnar Johnsson

Jan Larsson

Stig Persson

Mats Olov Olsson

Bo Toresson

Tommi Paananen

Torbjörn Forss

Tomas Gustavsson

Mats Olsson

An industrial robot including a contact panel having one or several contacts to allow connection to the industrial robot of one or several cables through which energy, signals or a substance may pass to and/or from the industrial robot. A cover forms part of an outer surface of the industrial robot. Each one of the one or several contacts of the contact panel protrudes through an opening in the cover so as to be accessible from the outside of the industrial robot. The contact panel is mounted to and supported by a holder that is secured in an internal cavity of the industrial robot so as to allow the contact panel to be held in place in the industrial robot when the cover is removed.

Method and a contact panel having contacts protruding through an opening in a cover forming part of an industrial robot

An apparatus for calibration of an industrial robot, the apparatus comprising a body () having a first angle-measuring member () arranged for measuring an angle relative to the vertical ine about a first measuring axis () and mouting means () for mounting the body to the robot during the calibration. The apparatus comprises a second angle-measuring member () arranged for measuring an angle relative to the vertical line about a second measuring axis () differing from the first measuring axis. A method for calibration of an industrial robot having a plurality of sections movably connected to each for rotation about a plurality of axes, using an apparatus according to claimorthe method comprising: attaching the body () to a section of the robot, reading an angle measurement from the first angle-measuring member (), moving the robot about a first axis in dependence of said angle measurement for the first angle-measuring member (), reading an angle measurement fro the second angle-measuring member (), and moving the robot about a second axis in dependence of said angle measurement from the second angle-measuring member ().

Apparatus and a method for calibration of an industrial robot

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Västerås, Sweden

Karl-Gunnar Johnsson