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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Kuka Deutschland Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Markus Finke, Königsbrunn, DE;

Thomas Neff, Augsburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); G01L 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 19/0004 (2013.01); B25J 19/0095 (2013.01); G01L 5/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a robot, and a robot controller for automatically scheduling the timing of a plurality of brake tests, that succeed one another at time intervals, at a plurality of brakes of a robot arm equipped with a plurality of joints and a plurality of links connecting the joints to one another and is connected to a robot controller which is designed and configured to control the joints and the brakes, in order to move the robot arm. At least one individual parameter is configured for each of the brakes. A brake test method associated with the robot arm is automatically initialized, and the initialized brake test method is automatically carried out in accordance with the configured parameters.


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