Abb Schweiz Ag

Abb Gomtec Gmbh

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Richard Roberts

Bjoern Matthias

Andreas Decker

Christoph Byner

Bernd Gombert

Tomas Groth

Martin Schautt

Stig Moberg

Toni Schiffers

Jihuan Tian

Leopold Bock-Krausen

Steffen Jennek

Björn Matthias

Leopold Krausen

Nicolas Lehment

Jonas Haulin

Harald Staab

Andras Acsai

Mikael Norrlöf

Stefan Romberg

Tobias Berninger

A robot comprises at least one articulate arm having members including a base, an end effector and a plurality of links, wherein each link is movably connected to two others of said members by respective joints, at least one sensor for detecting an external force acting on any one of the members, and a controller for controlling movements of the joints, so as to move the end effector along a pre-programmed path. In case of the sensor detecting an external force, the controller is adapted to adopt a first release strategy for escaping from the external force, to evaluate whether the first strategy is successful, and if not, to adopt a second release strategy.

Collaborative robot

A method of controlling an industrial robot, including a robot controller, a programming interface, which is separate from the robot controller, and a robot manipulator with a plurality of actuators. The method includes: receiving a first release signal via a first safe input means; receiving actuator-selection data, which indicates one or more of the actuators, via an arbitrary input means at the programming interface; receiving a second release signal via a second safe input means at the programming interface after having received the actuator-selection data; and, in response to determining that the first and second release signals are still received, causing the actuators indicated by the actuator-selection data to enter a movement-without-drive-power mode.

Safety functions in an industrial robot

A method for controlling a robot includes the steps of: deciding whether there is a non-permanent object in a vicinity of the robot; if there is a non-permanent object, deciding whether the object qualifies for extended protection or not; and defining a safety zone around the object which the robot must not enter or in which a maximum allowed speed of the robot is less than outside the safety zone. The safety zone extends to a greater distance from the object if the object qualifies for extended protection than if it does not.

Robot control method

A distance measuring system includes: at least one emitter, which emits a frequency-variable scanning signal; at least one receiver; and an analysis unit for computing a distance to an object reflecting the scanning signal on the basis of a difference between the frequencies of the emitted and the received scanning signal. The rate of change of the frequency of the scanning signal in a first operating mode of the distance measuring system has a first finite value. The rate of change of the frequency in a second operating mode has a second finite value. The analysis unit is configured to compute a first distance on the basis of a frequency difference ascertained in the first operating mode, to compute a second distance on the basis of a frequency difference ascertained in the second operating mode, and to evaluate the correspondence between first and second computed distance.

Distance measuring system and method, and robot system using same

A method for handling an object comprises the steps:

Method and means for handling an object

The Invention relates to a control device () for controlling a robot system () with at least one robot arm () on which a surgical instrument () is secured that has an end effector (), wherein the control device () comprises an imaging system () that records the control specification of at least one hand (), evaluates it and converts it to corresponding control commands for one or more components of the robot system (). In order to simplify the control of the robot system () and in particular to make it intuitive, it is proposed that a control unit () be provided which determines the orientation and/or the position and/or the degree of opening of the end effector () of a surgical instrument () as first parameter or first parameters, and moreover determines the orientation and/or the position and/or the degree of opening of at least one hand () as second parameter or second parameters, and, in the event of a deviation of one or more of the first parameters from the corresponding second parameter, suppresses a manual control of the end effector (), and, in the event of an agreement of one or more of the first parameters with the corresponding second parameter, frees a gesture control, such that the surgical instrument () can be actuated by hand.

Control device and method for controlling a robot with a system by means of gesture control

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Gilching, Germany

Richard Roberts