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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
Martin Zimmer, Rheinau, DE;
Günther Zimmer, Rheinau, DE;
Martin Zimmer, Rheinau, DE;
Günther Zimmer, Rheinau, DE;
Abstract
A method creates gripping-task-specific gripper sequence programs of an item gripper which is controlled by a gripper control module and has a gripper main body and a gripping tool. The item gripper transmits a gripper-main-body-specific identification signal to the gripper control module. The gripper control module assigns a gripper dataset from a database to this identification signal. The dataset has an allowable value range for each settable parameter of the item gripper. A gripping-task-specific configuration dataset for the item gripper is created by a peripheral device. The gripper control module determines gripping-task-specific target values and test criteria. A processing unit of the item gripper establishes the time profile of the actuation of the gripper drive from the target values and determines gripper-specific test values from the test criteria. The present method creates both a sequence program for closing the item gripper and a sequence program for opening the item gripper.