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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Kuka Deutschland Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Martin Riedel, Augsburg, DE;
KUKA Deutschland GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an operating device for controlling or programming a manipulator. The manipulator has a plurality of degrees of freedom which are independent of each other. The operating device comprises a manual control lever which is configured to specify at least one two-dimensional movement of the manipulator. Preferably, the manual control lever is a joystick. The operating device also comprises an information display which is allocated to the manual control lever and comprises a plurality of independently controllable display segments. The operating device further comprises a control device which is configured to individually control the display segments of the information display.