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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1984
Erich Niedermayr, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
A manipulation device, such as an industrial robot has at least one sensor connected to a control unit through a programmable sensor interface. The programmable sensor interface includes at least one microprocessor and at least one memory. Each sensor has three signal ranges, the limits of these ranges being selectable by thresholds which can be stored in the memory. The microprocessor is programmed to classify the signal received from a sensor in one of the signal ranges, and to transmit the result of the classification to the control unit. Activation of the individual sensors is undertaken by the control unit through a serial interface or through a parallel interface.