Robot system and method for controlling a robot system
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsBjoern Matthias, Christoph Winterhalter, Hao Ding
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Abstract
A robot system, and method for controlling it, for collaborative robot applications has a movable robot arm and a controller, wherein the controller is provided to control the movement of the distal end of the robot arm along a movement path according to at least a sequence of coordinate data and respective commands of a robot program and wherein the controller is provided to determine exact movement speed and course of the movement path between consecutive coordinates according to a set of parameters. At least two alternatively selectable sets of parameters are provided which both are related to a respective individual comfort level of a respective collaborative human worker.
Claims16
A robot system for one or more collaborative robot applications, the system comprising:
- a movable robot arm;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller is configured to control movement of a distal end of the robot arm along a movement path according to at least a sequence of coordinate data and respective commands of a robot program,
- wherein the controller is configured to determine exact movement speed and course of the movement path between consecutive coordinates according to a set of parameters, and
- wherein at least two alternatively selectable sets of parameters are provided, each alternatively selectable set of parameters corresponding to a respective individual comfort level selected by a respective collaborative human worker.
A method for controlling a robot system for collaborative robot applications, the robot system including a movable robot arm and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control a movement of the distal end of the robot arm along a movement path according to at least a sequence of coordinate data and respective commands of a robot program and wherein the controller is configured to determine exact movement speed and course of the movement path between consecutive coordinates according to a set of parameters, the method comprising:
- providing at least two alternatively selectable sets of parameter, each alternatively selectable set of parameters corresponding to a respective individual comfort level selected by a respective collaborative human worker;
- selecting one of the parameter sets;
- controlling the movement of the distal end of the robot arm along the movement path according to at least the sequence of coordinate data and respective commands of the robot program;
- and
- determining the exact movement speed and course of the movement path between the consecutive coordinates according to the selected set of parameters.
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