Operating Device for a Manipulator
AssigneeKUKA Deutschland GmbH
InventorMartin Riedel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to an operating device for controlling or programming a manipulator. The manipulator has a plurality of degrees of freedom which are independent of each other. The operating device comprises a manual control lever which is configured to specify at least one two-dimensional movement of the manipulator. Preferably, the manual control lever is a joystick. The operating device also comprises an information display which is allocated to the manual control lever and comprises a plurality of independently controllable display segments. The operating device further comprises a control device which is configured to individually control the display segments of the information display.
Claims16
An operating device (10) for controlling or programming a manipulator (20) having a plurality of degrees of freedom which are independent from one another, having:
- a hand control lever (13), which is set up to specify at least one two-dimensional movement of the manipulator (20);
- an information indicator (14) which is assigned to the hand control lever (13) and is set up to visually signal manipulator information to an operator of the operating device (10), wherein the information indicator (14) comprises a plurality of indicator segments which are actuable independently from one another and wherein the indicator segments at least partially surround the hand control lever (13);
- and
- a control device which is set up to individually actuate the indicator segments of the information indicator (14) to signal the manipulator information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.