Kuka Roboter Gmbh

Kuka Laboratories Gmbh

Ralf Koeppe

Günter Schreiber

Albrecht Hoene

Uwe Zimmermann

Rainer Bischoff

Patrick Pfaff

Johannes Kurth

Wolfgang Bohlken

Eugen Heinze

Hans Born

Bernhard-Michael Steinmetz

Jens Bunsendahl

Johannes Stelter

Bernd Liepert

Hans-Michael Glatz

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

A method and a device for controlling a robot on the basis of data from sensors with their own sensor data structures. For solving the problem of adapting to different sensors and their data structures and consequently permitting in simple manner the use of different sensors without intervening in the actual robot control program, according to the system the sensor data are processed to robot control data with a control data structure usable by a system control program and a processing device suitable for the same is provided.

Method and device for controlling a robot

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