US 12,115,664 B2
Method for using a robot system and robot system for a container processing facility
Wolfgang Hahn, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 17/283,237
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068849
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/074145, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 217 470.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339383 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/08 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for using a robot system carrying out a job at a workstation of a container processing facility, wherein the robot system moves with a chassis supported on the floor in a working area of the container processing facility,
wherein the chassis is coupled to at least one accessory trailer, the chassis and the at least one accessory trailer having coupling halves that can be connected to one another to connect the chassis with the at least one accessory trailer, with the at least one accessory trailer being supported on the floor by a plurality of wheels such that the chassis and the at least one accessory coupling halves are maintained at a predetermined distance from the floor regardless whether the chassis and the at least one accessory trailer are coupled to one another or not coupled to one another, and
the robot system automatically removes work material and/or consumable material needed for the job, at a supply area and transports it to the workstation for the job;
wherein the robot system comprises a robot arm, wherein the robot arm actuates couplings of the at least one accessory trailer to automatically couple the at least one accessory trailer to the chassis.