HRC system and method for controlling an HRC system
AssigneeKUKA Systems GmbH
InventorPatrick Goerg
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Abstract
A method for controlling a human-robot collaboration (HRC) system wherein the HRC system includes at least one manipulator having an end effector. The method includes using the end effector in a first operating mode, wherein the end effector is operated with reduced power; monitoring whether a desired object is manipulated when the end effector is used in the first operating mode; and increasing the power used to operate the end effector in order to use the end effector in a second operating mode when the monitoring indicates that the desired object is being manipulated.
Claims21
A method for controlling a human-robot-collaboration (HRC) system, wherein the HRC system includes at least one robotic manipulator having an end effector, the method comprising:
- operating the end effector in a first operating mode at a first power;
- monitoring to determine whether a desired object is being manipulated when the end effector is operated in the first operating mode;
- and
- operating the end effector in a second operating mode at a second power in response to a determination that the desired object is being manipulated, wherein the second power is increased relative to the first power.
A human-robot collaboration (HRC) system, comprising:
- at least one robotic manipulator on which an end effector is disposed;
- a control unit configured to operate the end effector in a first operating mode at a first power;
- at least one sensor configured to monitor the at least one robotic manipulator to determine whether a desired object is being manipulated when the end effector is operated in the first operating mode;
- and
- a control element configured to increase the power with which the end effector operated to a second power in order to operate the end effector in a second operating mode in response to a determination that the desired object is being manipulated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.