Robotic System Comprising an Environment Sensor
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsHarald Staab, Björn Matthias, Nima Enayati, Fan Dai
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Abstract
A robotic system includes a moveable component, a controller, and an environment sensor for monitoring at least a region of the operating range, the environment sensor comprising a camera configured to deliver a 2D image of a field of view of the camera and a TOF device for measuring a distance between the environment sensor and an object in the field of view based on propagation time of a polling signal from the TOF device to the object and back; wherein an optical element for redirecting the field of view to the region is provided in a light path between the region and the environment sensor.
Claims13
A robotic system, comprising:
- a component that is movable within an operating range;
- a controller configured to control movements of the movable component;
- and
- an environment sensor configured to monitor at least a region of the operating range;
- wherein the environment sensor comprises a camera configured to capture and provide a 2D image of a field of view of the camera, and a time of flight (TOF) device for measuring a distance between the environment sensor and an object in the field of view based on propagation time of a polling signal from the TOF device to the object and back;
- wherein an optical element for redirecting the field of view to the region is disposed in a light path between the region and the environment sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.