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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Kuka Roboter Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Gerhard Hietmann, Herbertshofen, DE;
Assignee:
KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/409 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/409 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39444 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39449 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for actuating a manipulator system by means of a portable end device, a corresponding portable end device, and a robot system. The portable end device includes a 3-D camera that is a plenoptic camera. A three-dimensional image is acquired by means of the 3-D camera of the portable end device of at least part the manipulator system to be actuated. The image identifies at least one actuatable object in the manipulator system. A task is selected for the identified object to actuate. By selecting the identified actuatable object, the object is actuated to perform the task.