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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Universal Robots A/s, Odense S., DK;

Inventors:

Anders Billesø Beck, Fredericia, DK;

David Brandt, Ferritslev Fyn, DK;

Jakob Schultz Ormhøj, Odense NV, DK;

Stefanos Nasiopoulos, Odense SØ, DK;

Assignee:

Universal Robots A/S, Odense S., DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); B25J 17/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40202 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49142 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robot system comprising a robot arm controlled by a process controller according to a combination of basic software and process software and a safety controller configured to monitor and evaluate operation of a robot arm. The basic software is associated with safety limits having normal values limiting operation of the robot arm. The process software is associated with at least one safety limit having a process value which is different from the normal value. The value of a safety limit is configured to be updated with the process value while the robot system is in run-time mode and the robot safety controller is configured to bring the robot arm into a violation stop mode based on the result of an evaluation of an operation parameter, the normal value and the process value of the at least one safety limit.


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