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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Kuka Deutschland Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Torsten Geiler, Augsburg, DE;
Florian Steigenberger, Gersthofen, DE;
Frank Roland, Augsburg, DE;
Uwe Bonin, Friedberg, DE;
Richard Rudolf, Augsburg, DE;
KUKA Deutschland GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for monitoring a payload-handling robot assembly having at least one robot includes identifying a robot-handled payload arrangement on the basis of a current position of the robot assembly relative to a specified change position of the robot assembly. In another aspect, a robot assembly includes at least one robot, a monitoring apparatus configured to determine a current position of the robot assembly and to identify a robot-handled payload arrangement on the basis of the current position of the robot assembly relative to a specified change position of the robot assembly, and a payload receptacle for receiving a plurality of different payloads. The robot is configured for handling the plurality of payloads in an alternating manner.