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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Nicolas Lehment, Munich, DE;
Andreas Decker, Darmstadt, DE;
Richard Roberts, Gilching, DE;
Bjoern Matthias, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Jihuan Tian, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a robot includes the steps of: deciding whether there is a non-permanent object in a vicinity of the robot; if there is a non-permanent object, deciding whether the object qualifies for extended protection or not; and defining a safety zone around the object which the robot must not enter or in which a maximum allowed speed of the robot is less than outside the safety zone. The safety zone extends to a greater distance from the object if the object qualifies for extended protection than if it does not.