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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Stefan Graf, Zusamaltheim, DE;
Andreas Hagenauer, Friedberg, DE;
Michael Chaffee, Gaines, MI (US);
Kenneth Stoddard, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Stefan Graf, Zusamaltheim, DE;
Andreas Hagenauer, Friedberg, DE;
Michael Chaffee, Gaines, MI (US);
Kenneth Stoddard, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for the synchronous control of several manipulators, such as several industrial robots, is characterized in that control units of specific manipulators exchange control information according to the data structures contained in a corresponding control program, through which control units to be synchronized and synchronization points in the control programs taking place there can be clearly identified, and in that on reaching and synchronization points the program sequence in the control units to be synchronized is continued according to the contents of the data structures in conjunction with the already exchanged control information or stopped until corresponding information arrives from other control units to be synchronized.