Transportation vehicle and method for controlling a robot
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStephan Herold, Daniel Schütz
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Abstract
A transportation vehicle having a data interface for transmitting data to a robot, wherein the transportation vehicle includes a controller that produces control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and transmits the control signals to the robot via the data interface. Also disclosed is a method for controlling a robot by a transportation vehicle.
Claims12
A transportation vehicle comprising:
- a data interface for transmitting data to a robot;
- a controller that produces control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and for transmitting the control signals to the robot via the data interface;
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- a sensor arrangement configured to detect a posture of the robot and/or axle positions of the robot, to calculate all information for achieving a target posture or a target position based on the sensed posture and/or axle position, and to transmit corresponding axle positions to the controller that produces the control signals depending on the calculation.
A system comprising:
- a transportation vehicle including a data interface for transmitting data to a robot and a controller that produces control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and for transmitting the control signals to the robot via the data interface;
- a sensor arrangement configured to detect a posture of the robot and/or axle positions of the robot, to calculate all information for achieving a target posture or a target position based on the sensed posture and/or axle position, and to transmit corresponding axle positions to the controller that produces the control signals depending on the calculation;
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- at least one robot comprising a data interface that is compatible with the data interface of the transportation vehicle.
A method for controlling a robot by a transportation vehicle including a data interface for transmitting data to a robot and a controller that produces control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and for transmitting the control signals to the robot via the data interface, wherein the method comprises the controller producing control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and transmitting the control signals to the robot via the data interface a detecting a posture of the robot and/or axle positions of the robot via a sensor system, calculating all information for achieving a target posture or a target position based on the sensed posture and/or axle position, and transmitting corresponding axle positions to the controller that produces the control signals depending on the calculation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.