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AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsAnnika Hedlund, Ivan Lundberg, Jonathan Styrud, Martin Nordvall, Ralph Sjöberg, Tomas Groth
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An industrial robot including a movable robot arm for supporting a tool, and a control unit configured to control the movement of the robot. The control unit is provided with an alignment function for aligning the tool with at least one specified axis. The control unit is configured to supervise the movement of the robot, and to automatically adjust the orientation of the tool so that the tool is aligned with the specified axis upon detecting that the movement of the robot has been stopped and the alignment function is activated. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the industrial robot, and to the use of the method for teaching a robot a path including a plurality of target points by lead-through programming.
A method for controlling an industrial robot having a movable robot arm for supporting a tool, wherein the robot is provided with an alignment function for aligning the tool with at least one specified axis (Xw, Yw, Zw), wherein the method comprises:
A method of teaching a robot a path including a plurality of target points by lead-through programming, comprising the steps of:
An industrial robot comprising a movable robot arm for supporting a tool, and a control unit configured to control the movement of the robot, wherein the control unit is provided with an alignment function for aligning the tool with at least one specified axis (Xw, Yw, Zw), wherein the control unit is configured to detect the movement of the robot, and to automatically adjust the orientation of the tool so that the tool is aligned with the specified axis upon detecting that the movement of the robot has been stopped and the alignment function is activated.
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