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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Soenke Kock, Schriesheim, DE;
Soenke Kock, Schriesheim, DE;
ABB Research Ltd, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A robot safety system configured to protect humans in the vicinity of a working robot () against harmful impacts by said robot (), said safety system comprising a sensor system () and a safety controller () configured to establish an impact risk profile of the robot () and deliver an operating signal to a robot controller () based on said impact risk profile, wherein the safety controller () is configured to establish the impact risk profile based on stored data and input signals, and that the stored data and input signals comprise stored impact data, stored data related to the path of the robot (), and signals from the sensor system of events in the vicinity of the robot (), such as a detected human (P, P, P, P, P, P) in the vicinity of the robot ().