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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Kuka Roboter Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Uwe Zimmermann, Augsburg, DE;
Günter Schreiber, Friedberg, DE;
KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording positions in a control program of a manipulator, which includes a manipulator, a controller having a control program, and a manual control device, wherein the controller can actuate the manipulatorin a compliance control, in which the manipulator is allowed to occupy an actual position different to the nominal position, wherein the controller, when recording the current position of the manipulator in the control program, carries over into the control program in a situation-based manner the nominal position, the actual position or a hybrid position comprising nominal and actual components of the current position. In addition, a corresponding method is also disclosed.