Kuka Systems Gmbh

Robert Haman

Simon Klumpp

Konrad Wirth

Willi Klumpp

Matthias Reichenbach

Reinhard Neureiter

Otmar Honsberg

Andreas Domke

Richard Zunke

Michael Zürn

Thomas Rau

Julian Stockschläder

Josef Kranz

Christian Eberdt

Kurt Strauss

Alexander Gürtler

Ralf Kühnemann

A human-robot cooperation (HRC) workstation has a programmable industrial robot () and a manual working area () for a worker () in a region surrounding the industrial robot (). In the HRC workstation (), the working areas of the industrial robot () and the worker () overlap. Contact between the worker () and the industrial robot () is possible. The workstation () is divided into a plurality of different zones () having differently high levels of risk of hazard from the industrial robot () for the worker (). The industrial robot () is suitable for human-robot cooperation.

Workstation

A processing tool, especially drilling tool, includes a processing element () acting on a workpiece () and a connection () for a handling device (), especially a robot. The processing tool () has a feed device () connected to the connection () for feeding the processing element () by a motion of the handling device () connected to the connection (). The handling device () moves and actuates the feed device () of the processing tool () for feeding the processing element ().

Processing tool and processing method

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