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US 2010/0145520 A1Published application
Robot System
AssigneeComau S.p.A.
InventorsGian Paolo Gerio, Luca Lachello, Fabrizio Romanelli, Bruno Cicciarello, Michele Fraccaroli, Lorenzo Molinari Tosatti, Diego Parazzoli, Eftore Scari, Mafleo Danesi
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Abstract
A robot system having a manual guide device connected to the robot in wireless data communication with a portable terminal for use in programming the robot.
Claims19
A robot system that comprises:
- at least one robot having a control unit and a movable structure, to which an end effector can be associated;
- at least one portable programming terminal in data communication with the control unit, including a manually actuatable enabling device for enabling manual control of displacements of the movable structure of the robot;
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- a manual guide device connected to at least one of the movable structure and the end effector of the robot,
- wherein the manual guide device has wireless communication means to set up a wireless communication channel for communication with the portable terminal, the communication means comprising a first transceiver module on the manual guide device and a second transceiver module on the portable terminal.
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A manual guide device for use with industrial robots, the robots having a structure movable according to a number of degrees of freedom, a control unit, and a portable programming terminal in data communication with the control unit, the manual guide device comprising:
- means for quick interfacing with the portable terminal including a first transceiver module of the manual guide device and a second transceiver module removably connected to a communication port of the portable terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.