Flexible cycle time-optimized sharing of a working space for robots

US10005185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KUKA Roboter GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bettina Pfaff · Augsburg, DE
• Thomas Neff · Newark, US
• Marcus Hansen · Neu-Anspach, DE
• Michael Wolf · Augsburg, DE
• Christian Fremuth-Paeger · Augsburg, DE
• Thomas Heinrich · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: May 12, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which non-simultaneously shares a working space with another robot. On the basis of a determined residual period, in which the working space remains occupied, the path planning of a robot is adjusted in a cycle time-optimized manner, in order to avoid a deceleration at the working space limit and a wait for the working space to be vacated.