Method And Apparatus For Planning And/Or Control Of A Robot Application

• US 20110125320A1
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KUKA Laboratories GmbH (Midea Group Co., Ltd)
• Original Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH (Midea Group Co., Ltd)
• Inventors: Kohler, Thomas, Jacob, Dirk, Bongardt, Thomas, Schlickenrieder, Klaus, Weiss, Martin
• Application Number:
  US12/948,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125320A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/245
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1664 characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1671 characterised by simulation, either to verify existing program or to create and verify new program, CAD/CAM oriented, graphic oriented programming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40446 Graph based

Abstract

A method according to the invention for planning and/or controlling a robot application (1) on the basis of system and/or process parameters (M1, . . . M7, G1, . . . G7, B1, K1, S1, H1, W1, F1, U1, R1), includes these steps:

• storing parameter values, and
• planning and/or controlling the application on the basis of stored parameter values,
• wherein parameters are managed with the aid of a graph structure (FIG. 2).

Claims

1. A method for planning and/or controlling a robot application (1) on the basis of system and/or process parameters (M1, . . . M7, G1 , . . . G7, B1, K1, S1, H1, W1, F1, U1, R1), having these steps:

storing parameter values, and

planning and/or controlling the application on the basis of stored parameter values, characterized in that

parameters are managed with the aid of a graph structure (Figure 2).

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that parameters are managed centrally and/or in clusters.

3. The method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that parameters and/or the graph structure are matched individually to the application or application components.

4. The method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that relevant parameters are selected for planning and/or controlling the application.

5. The method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that parameter values are preset to nominal values and/or are changeable, in particular selectively.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that a parameter value is backed up before being changed.

7. The method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that when exchanging, modifying, adding and/or removing an application component, associated parameters or parameter values are adjusted automatically.

8. A device (2) for automated planning and/or controlling of a robot application (1) on the basis of system and/or process parameters (M1, . . . M7, G1, . . . G7, B1, K1, S1, H1, W1, F1, U1, R1), characterized in that the device for carrying out a method is set up according to one of the preceding claims.

9. A computer program that carries out a method according to one of claims 1 through 7 when it runs in a device according to claim 8.

10. A computer program product having program code that is stored on a machine-readable medium and that includes a computer program according to claim 9.