US 12,343,879 B2
Safety functions in an industrial robot
Jonas Haulin, Shanghai (CN); Tomas Groth, Västerås (SE); Stefan Romberg, Västerås (SE); Richard Roberts, Gilching (DE); and Tobias Berninger, Türkenfeld (DE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Appl. No. 18/863,780
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
PCT Filed May 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/063103
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 7, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/217395, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0108510 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1674 (2013.01) [B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 19/0004 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an industrial robot,
wherein the industrial robot includes a robot controller, a programming interface, which is separate from the robot controller, and a robot manipulator with a plurality of actuators,
the method comprising:
receiving a first release signal via a first safe input means;
receiving actuator-selection data, which indicates one or more of the actuators, via an arbitrary input means at the programming interface;
receiving a second release signal via a second safe input means at the programming interface after having received the actuator-selection data; and,
in response to determining that the first and second release signals are still received, causing the one or more of the actuators indicated by the actuator-selection data to enter a movement-without-drive-power mode.