Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Aktiengesell Schaft

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Wendelin Feiten

Manfred Rattner

Robert Kagermeier

Kai Wurm

Werner Neubauer

Vladimir Zahorcak

Rudolf Bauer

Simone Prummer

Sebastian Albrecht

Jochen Bauer

Bernd Kast

Udo Heinze

Michael Pirker

Harald Held

Michael Fiegert

Philipp Sebastian Schmitt

Gisbert Lawitzky

Frank Buschmann

Martin Vierbücher

Wolfgang Rencken

Philipp Emanuel Stelzig

Marcus Moller

Uwe Splettstösser

J&ouml;rg Illmann

Vincent Dietrich

Cäsar Klimowicz

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a computer-implemented method for executing a technical process comprising hierarchically structured tasks. The technical process includes modification of physical units. The method may include: providing dependency specifications for hierarchically structured tasks; deriving parallelization options from the dependency specifications; generating a first action sequence based on the parallelization options; and executing the first action sequence. The first action sequence implements the hierarchically structured tasks.

Planning a technical process having hierarchically structured tasks and parallelization options

Producing a product, differently detailed structural information about a structure of the product and digital machining information about a machining process are read in. The structural information is examined as to whether a respective item of structural information is given further detail by a respective other structure. A plurality of machining sequences are generated from the structural information and machining information so that an item of structural information from a first machining sequence is given detail by an item of structural information from a second machining sequence. The first machining sequence is transmitted to a first planning module and the second machining sequence is transmitted to a second planning module. The planning modules generate an action sequence as a planning result, which is considered by the second planning module during generation of the action sequence. Control signals are output by the action sequence generated by the second planning module.

Method for manufacturing or machining a product, and control device for controlling a production system

A method and also an associated computer program (product) and an apparatus for shaping a production process for producing a product made up of multiple subproducts in a production system having multiple production modules is provided. The claimed method has the following steps: generating a process model using data about production steps to be carried out for the product and the subproducts thereof, from which process model at least some of the data about at least one production step are read and a respective production module that is available and associated for carrying out the respective production step is ascertained and using a signal connection to provide instructions that correspond to the respective production step for the production module.

Method and apparatus for shaping a production process for producing a product made up of multiple subproducts

Provided is a control device for a production module having a data memory for storing operational settings of production modules and restrictions, which must be complied with by at least some of the operational settings. A settings management module is used to determine the external operational setting of an adjacent production module on which a local operational setting of the production module is dependent on the basis of a common restriction. An optimization module is also provided and has a local assessment function, which assesses the local operational setting, and a further assessment function which assesses noncompliance with the common restriction.

Control device for a production module, production module having a control device, and method for operating the control device

A control device for a production module that has a settings management module for detecting restrictions for operating settings of the production module and for producing corresponding restriction data records is provided. A data memory is provided for the purpose of storing a local restriction table containing a multiplicity of restriction data records. A balancing module is used to iteratively read in first restriction data records in a corresponding restriction table of a first adjacent production module, to iteratively build the local restriction table on the basis of the first restriction data records which have been read in and to iteratively forward second restriction data records in the local restriction table to a second adjacent production module. A control module is also provided for the purpose of setting an operating setting according to a restriction data record which identifies this operating setting.

Control device for a production module and a method for operating the control device

Provided is a production module for processing or handling a product in a production system, which production module has a product detection module for reading in product parameters associated to the product, and an interaction module for assigning an adjacent production module to a transfer port. Furthermore, a local assignment table is provided, in which non-adjacent conveying objectives in the production system are in each case assigned to one of the transfer ports. A balancing module serves for iterative reading of first assignment information of a corresponding assignment table of a first adjacent production module, for iterative formation of the local assignment table with the aid of the read-in first assignment information, and for iterative transfer of second assignment information of the local assignment table to a second adjacent production module.

Production module, production system, and method for operating a production module

Modular assistance system () for a person (), with at least one mobile unit () that has a recognition module () for recognizing a functional requirement of the person () and provides the function of the person () depending on the detected function requirement of the person () by means of at least one replaceable function module ().

Modular assistance system

A method for the computer-aided calculation of the movement of an object using sensor data from a sensor arranged on the object is provided. The sensor data comprise measuring point set measured at different time points, and the movement of the object is determined between different measuring point sets. From the measuring point sets, initially structural information is extracted and stored together with the measuring points that are not to be associated with any structural type. Subsequently, associations between the structural elements with the same structure type are determined and a corresponding transformation for representing the structural elements is performed. An association of the unassignable measuring points and the structural elements is created and a corresponding transformation of the superimposed associated measuring points and structural elements is performed. The structural elements or measuring points are associated preferably by a statistic method taking into account a measuring noise of the sensor.

Method for the computer-aided calculation of the movement of an object using sensor data

A motor-adjustable X-ray system comprises a C-arm, which has two degrees of freedom and is adjustable with a motor support. The motor support has a force pickup device which is provided to detect a force exerted by an operator when manipulating the C-arm. The force pickup device is configured to detect a plurality of directional components of the exerted force and to cooperate with an evaluation unit, by which as a function of the plurality of the directional components of the exerted force, different amounts of motor support of the C-arm in the two degrees of freedom are established via the evaluation unit.

Motor-adjustable x-ray system

An x-ray apparatus has a servo-supported C-arm that is movable with two degrees of freedom in a movement space by means of a drive device. The servo support of the C-arm deviates at a stop point within the movement space from the servo support in the surrounding movement space.

Motorized adjustable x-ray apparatus

At least one base element is defined for structures, and surroundings-related information is assigned to each of these base elements. The surroundings-related information characterizes the corresponding base element. A measure of similarity is determined for the structures, the determination being effected in a manner dependent on the base elements and also on the surroundings-related information assigned to the base elements.

Method and device for determining a similarity of measure between a first structure and at least one predetermined second structure

A path is determined in the following iterative way: An arcuate path around the reference position having a predetermined spacing is determined step-by-step. The existence of an obstacle along the arcuate path is checked. The arcuate path is lengthened as long as no obstacle is found. When an obstacle is found, the spacing is enlarged by a prescribable value and the method is continued in a new iteration with the enlarged spacing.

Method and device for determining a path around a defined reference position

An improved method for the orientation of autonomous mobile units is provided. Collision distances to obstacles are thereby calculated on the basis of the steering and drive geometry of the movable unit. On the basis of these distances, allowed steering angle ranges for the unit are defined. Additionally, a defined observation horizon is prescribed for the sensor equipment of the unit. The obstacles to be evaluated are within this horizon. Moreover, a safety zone is defined around the unit in which no obstacles can be located; otherwise, travel in reverse is triggered. For route optimization of the unit, steering angle ranges that derive from different observation horizons and safety zones are combined on a case-by-case basis. By reducing the safety margin only in narrow passages down to the housing contour of the unit in the extreme case, the maximum steering angle can be utilized. As a result thereof, a greatest possible degree of maneuverability is also assured between obstacles residing close to one another.

Method for collision avoidance with the assistance of a steering angle

Precisely controllable flexible actuator

A flexible manipulator is constructed of parallel elements which are layered one over the other along a stacking axis and preferably have at least three bores on the circumference, which are aligned to form a guide arrangement. Projecting sleeves are provided at the bores and extend telescopically into one another from respectively two adjacent elements. Elastic rods are guided through the bores, which rods are fastened at one end of the manipulator and exit freely at the other. The manipulator can be brought into an arbitrary shape through the tension and pressure created by displacing of these rods in a particular manner. In addition, a blocking material is provided in the invention which can lock the sleeves of adjacent elements from movement so that a displacement of a rod will be directed between a different pair of elements. The locking or blocking of the movement of the sleeves can be obtained by utilizing the rotation of the actuating rods.

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