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Method and means for providing and/or controlling a manipulator process

US9446516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KUKA Roboter GmbH · DE

Inventors

Guenther Wiedemann · Gersthofen, DE
Andreas Hagenauer · Friedberg, DE
Manfred Huettenhofer · Meitingen, DE
Martin Weiss · Margertshausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/50111
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for designating and/or controlling a manipulator process for a manipulator configuration having at least one manipulator, in particular, an industrial robot, wherein the manipulator process includes a given oriented manipulator path for the manipulator configuration. The method includes designating or executing at least one action by the manipulator configuration, in particular, differently, in response to a reverse movement running counter to the oriented manipulator path, and/or a return movement running in the same direction as the oriented manipulator path.

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