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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2008
Applicant:
Gerda Ruge, Augsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Gerda Ruge, Augsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Kuka Roboter GmbH, Augsberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 57/02 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a robot system, and a method for operating a robot system, for loading general cargo units, a gripper unit of the robot is operated to stack the general cargo units in a stack, by movements controlled by a computerized control unit. In order to avoid unstable loading patterns, the computerized control unit automatically determines the loading pattern of the stack of general cargo units, and also automatically determines at least one characteristic that represents the stability of the loading pattern.