Kuka Deutschland Gmbh

Kuka Laboratories Gmbh

Richard Schwarz

Gerhard Hietmann

Marc-Walter Ueberle

Richard Rudolf

Josef Hofmann

Christian Hartmann

Josef Leibinger

Sönke Marx

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

The invention relates to an industrial robot having a robotic arm. The robotic arm has several axes (A-A) and at least one electric drive, which comprises an electric motor (-) and power electronics () actuating the electric motor (-) and is equipped to move the relevant axis (A-A). The industrial robot () is equipped to short-circuit the electric motor (-) in the event of emergency braking simultaneously by means of two independent electric current paths.

Industrial robot having redundant emergency brake circuit

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Friedberg, Germany

Richard Schwarz