Method And System For Operating And/Or Monitoring A Machine, In Particular A Robot
AssigneeKUKA Roboter GmbH
InventorsEwald Frensch, Torsten Geiler
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Abstract
A method for operating and/or monitoring a machine, in particular, a multiple axis robot, includes determining whether an outer border of a first spatial area and an outer border of a second spatial area intersect each other, and detecting a penetration of the first spatial area by the second spatial area, in the event that the two outer borders intersect each other, wherein one of the two spatial areas is machine-fixed.
Claims21
A method for operating and/or monitoring a machine, in particular, a multi-axis robot, the method comprising:
- determining with a controller associated with the machine whether a first outer border of a first spatial area and a second outer border of a second spatial area intersect each other;
- and
- determining a penetration of the first spatial area by the second spatial area, in the event that the first and second outer borders intersect each other;
- wherein one of the first or second spatial areas is machine-fixed.
A system for operating and/or monitoring a machine, in particular, a multi-axis robot, the system comprising:
- means for determining whether a first outer border of a first spatial area and a second outer border of a second spatial area intersect each other;
- and
- means for determining a penetration of the first spatial area by the second spatial area, in the event that the first and second outer borders intersect each other;
- wherein one of the two spatial areas is machine-fixed.
Computer program product having program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the program code, when executed by a controller associated with a machine, in particular, a multi-axis robot, causing the controller to:
- determine whether a first outer border of a first spatial area and a second outer border of a second spatial area intersect each other;
- and
- determine a penetration of the first spatial area by the second spatial area, in the event that the first and second outer borders intersect each other;
- wherein one of the first or second spatial areas is machine-fixed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.