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US 2001/0047224 A1Published application
Apparatus system and control box for same
AssigneeKUKA Roboter GmbH
InventorsGerhard Hietmann, Thomas Finsterwalder
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Abstract
To improve the integration of robot and technology control units and to utilize synergistic effects, the present invention also provides at least one additional, independent electronic system different from the control unit for the robot in an apparatus system with at least one robot and with a control unit accommodated in a control box for the control box for controlling the robot.
Claims21
An apparatus system comprising:
- at least one robot;
- a control box
- a control unit for said robot, said control unit being accommodated in said control box;
- at least one additional electronic system accommodated in said control box, said additional electronic system being independent and different from said control unit for said robot.
1 more element
A control box for an apparatus system with at least one robot, the control box comprising:
- a first control unit accommodated in the control box for controlling said robot;
- at least one additional independent electronic system, which is different from said first control unit for said robot, additional independent electronic system being contained in the control box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.