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Teach pendant for an industrial robot

  • US 5,790,401 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1995
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An operating unit for a programmable industrial robot that is coupled in data communication to a processing unit, the operating unit comprising:

  • a body;

    a display screen for being coupled in data communication to the processing unit having a screen surface that is sensitive to movement of a pointing device over the screen surface, and mounted on the body, the display screen operable to present graphical information items, on which an operator may make selections of the items presented on the display screen, and to produce a screen output;

    a joystick ball mounted on the body and coupled in data communication to the processing unit, the joystick ball for producing a joystick ball output and controlling the robot during a programming phase during which the robot is taught to follow an operating path, the joystick ball having a joystick mounting means; and

    a pointing device removably mounted to the joystick mounting means and for making selections on the display screen;

    wherein the screen output, the joystick ball output, or both the screen output and joystick output are transmitted to the processing unit.

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