Industrial robot equipment capable of automatically terminating operation at a desired sensed location
US4831232A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/36417
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An industrial robot supports an operating member mounted on the robot hand for carrying out work or monitoring operation on an object. The robot has a sensor which controls the path of movement of the robot hand during the operation. The robot is provided with means which during the work operation investigates whether a quantity, sensed with the aid of the sensor, for example a sudden change in the direction of the path, fulfills a predetermined criterion and, in dependence thereon, interrupts the movement of the robot hand if the criterion is fulfilled.
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