Robotic system comprising a movable robot
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsBjoern Matthias, Rene Kirsten, Christoph Byner
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Abstract
A robotic system and method includes at least one robot actively or passively mobile between at least first and second locations, and a first safety configuration being defined at least for said first location. A first data carrier associated to the first safety configuration is located in said first location, and the robot comprises a reader adapted to read the first data carrier when the robot is in said first location.
Claims16
A robotic system, comprising:
- at least one robot that is actively or passively mobile between a first location and a second location;
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- a first safety configuration being defined at least for the first location;
- wherein a first data carrier is associated with the first safety configuration and is located in the first location;
- wherein the at least one robot comprises a reader configured to read the first data carrier when the robot is in the first location, the robot further configured to invalidate the first safety configuration in response to moving a predetermined distance, leaving a working range of the first location, and identifying that the at least one robot has reconnected to a mains voltage supply, and attempt to read a second data carrier to retrieve a second safety configuration of the second location.
A method of operating a robot in a robotic system, the robotic system comprising a first location, a second location, and at least one robot, the at least one robot being actively or passively mobile between the first and second locations, the method comprising:
- a) moving the at least one robot to the first location, the first location having a first safety configuration associated therewith;
- b) searching, using a reader of said robot, for a first data carrier in the first location;
- c) when the first data carrier is found, reading it using the reader in order to retrieve the first safety configuration;
- d) when the first safety configuration is retrieved, implementing the first safety configuration in the first robot;
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- e) invalidate the first safety configuration in response to the robot moving a predetermined distance, having left a working range of the first location, and identifying that the robot has reconnected to a mains voltage supply, and attempt to read a second data carrier to retrieve a second safety configuration of the second location.
A non-transitory storage media storing a software product comprising executable instructions stored in the non-transitory media, which, when the executable instructions are executed by a computer associated with a robot, cause the robot to:
- a) moving to a first location in a robotic system, the first location having a first safety configuration associated therewith;
- b) search, using a reader of the robot, for a first data carrier in the first location;
- c) when the first data carrier is found, read the first data carrier it using the reader in order to retrieve the first safety configuration;
- d) when the first safety configuration is retrieved, implement the first safety configuration in the first robot;
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- e) invalidate the first safety configuration in response to the robot moving a predetermined distance, having left a working range of the first location, and identifying that the robot has reconnected to a mains voltage supply, and attempt to read a second data carrier to retrieve a second safety configuration of the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.