Method for monitoring the operation of a robot
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsChristoph HOFMANN, Markus HAMMES
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a robot, in particular an articulated arm robot having, for example, 6 axes, in a protective field, wherein the protective field has an outer boundary, wherein a respective space occupied by the robot is determined for different robot positions, the space occupied by the robot in the respective robot position is removed from the protective field, wherein an inner boundary of the protective field is created and/or changed by removing the occupied space.
Claims24
A method for monitoring the operation of a robot in a protective field, wherein the protective field has an outer boundary, wherein
- a respective space occupied by the robot is determined for different robot positions,
- the space occupied by the robot in the respective robot position is removed from the protective field, wherein an inner boundary of the protective field is created and/or changed by removing the occupied space.
A robot system comprising a robot, a robot control and a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device defines a protective field in which the robot moves, wherein the protective field has an outer boundary, wherein
- the monitoring device is configured to determine a respective space occupied by the robot for different robot positions,
- the monitoring device is configured to remove the space occupied by the robot in the respective robot position from the protective field, wherein an inner boundary of the protective field is created and/or changed by removing the occupied space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.