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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Peter Heiligensetzer, Augsburg, DE;
Kuka Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
In order to reduce the risk of damage on external objects, material articles or persons during the operation of a robot, particularly a miniature robot, the invention provides a method for limiting the force action of a robot part, such as a robot arm, on such an external object during a collision in such a way that as a result of a maximum permitted force, maximum force F , acting on the object in the case of a collision, a corresponding, maximum permitted kinetic energy, maximum energy E of the robot part is determined, continuously and at adequately short time intervals the actual kinetic energy, actual energy E , of the robot part is determined and on exceeding the maximum permitted energy E , the actual operating speed V of the robot is reduced.