Method and system for operating and/or monitoring a machine, in particular a robot

US9999975B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KUKA Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ewald Frensch · Kissing, DE
• Torsten Geiler · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/40476
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating and/or monitoring a machine, in particular, a multiple axis robot, includes determining whether an outer border of a first spatial area and an outer border of a second spatial area intersect each other, and detecting a penetration of the first spatial area by the second spatial area, in the event that the two outer borders intersect each other, wherein one of the two spatial areas is machine-fixed.