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Method for handling a voltage drop in the control of a robot and for restarting a robot following a voltage drop

  • US 6,356,806 B1
  • Filed: 12/10/1999
  • Issued: 03/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for handling a control unit voltage drop of a robot with a PC control in which a voltage drop direct current operation takes place, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing PC control including a time critical control and regulation of the robot movement by a real time operating system and a control of a communication with an operator by a standard PC operating system; and

    breaking off or stopping in a defined manner one or both of running movement along a predetermined path and ongoing application operations including;

    stopping robot movement close to the path;

    subsequent to stopping robot movement terminating working processes of the control;

    supplying DC voltage using a battery/accumulator; and

    storing exclusively the contents of a working memory relating to the real time operating system and robot control programs at a termination point as an image of the working memory in a mass memory or mass memories.

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