Abb Research Ltd.

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Ford Motor Company Limited

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Soenke Kock

Thomas A Fuhlbrigge

Sangeun Choi

George Q Zhang

Biao Zhang

Remus Boca

Harald Staab

Heping Chen

Gregory F Rossano

William John Eakins

Jianjun Wang

Carlos Martinez

Arnold Bell

Wolfgang Waldi

Jeremy Newkirk

Michael Niehaus

Christoph Winterhalter

Sven Soetebier

Kevin Behnisch

David P Gravel

Peter Eriksson

Jan Bredahl

Adam Loeschner

Roland Krieger

A method for robotic adaptive production includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities in response to detecting a change in the production environment. A robotic adaptive production method includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities to minimize a production task cycle time or improve a production task quality. A robotic adaptive production method includes estimating a relationship between a control parameter and a sensor input; and modifying the control parameter online to achieve an updated parameter based on the estimating. A robotic adaptive production method includes receiving sensor input relating to robotic performance during the performance of production tasks and online optimizing a process parameter based on robotic performance during the performance of the production tasks. A robotic adaptive production method includes determining the position and/or orientation of a feature based on a learned position and/or orientation of another feature and on a geometric relationship.

Method and system for robotic adaptive production

A teleoperated robot system has a watchdog to determine if the rate of data transmission from a computing device such as a robot controller located in the station used by the operator of the teleoperated robot to the remotely located industrial robot has fallen below a minimum data rate or the time for transmission of data has exceeded a maximum time. Upon the occurrence of either or both of the foregoing, one or more types of corrective action are undertaken to bring the teleoperated robot and the processes performed by the robot.

Teleoperated industrial robots

A manufacturing system has one or more work cells that each performs one or more manufacturing processes. The system also has one or more mobile transport units ('MTUs') that deliver transportable containers containing workpieces to and from said work cells. The MTUs deliver the containers to the work cells in a manner such that the workpieces are localized in the work cells. The manufacturing system also has a computer system that has status information for each of the one or more MTUs and uses the status information to control each of the one or more MTUs to deliver the transportable containers to and from the one or more work cells.

Ultra-flexible production manufacturing

A system and method for changing safety-relevant data for a control device is provided wherein an authorized user inputs new or altered safety-relevant data, which is received on a data processing installation. A first checksum for the safety-relevant data is established and stored along with the safety-relevant data in at least one data record on the data processing installation. An enable code may also be stored in the at least one data record. This enable code may be produced by a code generator and encrypted by a key module. The data processing installation then reads back the safety-relevant data from a memory in the data processing installation, thereby allowing a comparison of the received safety-relevant data and the read back safety-relevant data. A second checksum is generated in a case where the comparison resulted in no differences. The second checksum may also be stored in the at least one data record. At least one new data record containing the safety-relevant data, the encrypted enable code and the first and second checksums is created and transmitted to the control device. The new data record is checked against prior data records and prior checksums stored on a storage medium to determine that the at least one new data record is known to the control device.

Method and system for changing safety-relevant data for a control device

A method for simulating a movement zone of a robot having at least one data processing installation, simulating at least one movement path of the robot, comprises providing a number of selectable points on the at least one movement path of the robot, calculating a braking path for each of the selectable points, calculating a virtual movement zone based on the braking paths and a maximum position reachable by the robot for the respective at least one movement path, and carrying out the simulation of functions of the robot off-line using a software module.

Method and system for designing and checking safety zones of a robot

A robot safety system configured to protect humans in the vicinity of a working robot () against harmful impacts by said robot (), said safety system comprising a sensor system () and a safety controller () configured to establish an impact risk profile of the robot () and deliver an operating signal to a robot controller () based on said impact risk profile, wherein the safety controller () is configured to establish the impact risk profile based on stored data and input signals, and that the stored data and input signals comprise stored impact data, stored data related to the path of the robot (), and signals from the sensor system of events in the vicinity of the robot (), such as a detected human (P, P, P, P, P, P) in the vicinity of the robot ().

Robot safety system and a method

A positioning device includes a supporting structure, a work carrier, at least six length-adjustable struts arranged in strut pairs, each strut being moveably mounted to the supporting structure and to the work carrier and at least one drive configured to adjust a length of at least one of the struts. The struts of each strut pair are disposed parallel to each other and each strut pair has a pivot bearing disposed at a first end of each strut and a second bearing disposed at a second end of each strut.

Positioning device

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Soenke Kock