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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Niclas Sjöstrand, Västerås, SE;
Dominique Blanc, Västerås, SE;
Shiva Sander Tavallaey, Saltsjöbaden, SE;
Niclas Sjöstrand, Västerås, SE;
Dominique Blanc, Västerås, SE;
Shiva Sander Tavallaey, Saltsjöbaden, SE;
ABB Research, Ltd., Zürich, CH;
Abstract
An industrial robot diagnostic method including performing a condition analysis utilizing at least two selected input signals, wherein each selected input signal indicates a condition related to a property of the industrial robot, performing an analysis of any combination of the selected input signals utilizing a signal modeling of the signals and outputting from the condition analyzer a result being at least one of: a detection of a malfunction of the robot system, an identification of a root cause failure in the robot system and prediction of a potential malfunction in the robot system. Also an industrial robot system utilizing the method.