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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Kuka Deutschland Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Karsten Monreal, Stadtbergen, DE;
Carsten Angeli, Augsburg, DE;
KUKA Deutschland GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a brake of a machine that has a machine control unit and at least one moveable link that can be actuated by the machine control unit and that can be adjusted by a drive motor actuated by the machine control unit, which motor drives a shaft and which motor, in an engaged (closed) position of a brake that can be automatically actuated by the machine control unit, can be locked by said brake. The invention also relates to a machine with a machine control unit, in particular a robot with a robot control unit, which is configured and/or equipped for carrying out such a method.