Arrangement for Limiting Rotation, and Robot

    公开(公告)号:US20250026149A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18730178

    申请日:2022-01-25

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: Jonatan Blom

    Abstract: An arrangement for limiting rotation, the arrangement including a base structure; a drive member rotatable relative to the base structure and having a drive feature; a stopping member having at least one driven feature, wherein the stopping member is arranged to be intermittently driven relative to the base structure between a plurality of discrete positions by a continuous rotation of the drive member and by cooperation between the drive feature and at least one driven feature, wherein the stopping member in a first end discrete position is arranged to limit rotation of the drive member in a first end position of a rotation range of the drive member; and a holding mechanism arranged to hold the stopping member in each discrete position, the holding mechanism being at least partly provided in the base structure.

    Method For Defining An Outline Of An Object

    公开(公告)号:US20220172451A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17594272

    申请日:2019-04-15

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: Jonatan Blom

    Abstract: A method for defining an outline of an object includes the steps of: placing the object on a display; highlighting a non-obstructed pixel on the display; highlighting an obstructed pixel on the display; and capturing a first image of the display. The non-obstructed pixel being visible in the first image and the obstructed pixel not being visible in the first image, which information is used to define at least a part of the outline based on the location of the non-obstructed pixel alone, based on the location of the obstructed pixel alone, or based on the locations of the non-obstructed pixel and the obstructed pixel. The outline definition is thereby based on on/off signals i.e., whether or not individual pixels whose positions on the display are known and are visible, rather than on gradients on an image.

    Industrial Robot System Comprising A Dual Arm Robot

    公开(公告)号:US20190337148A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16313665

    申请日:2016-06-29

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: An industrial robot system including a dual arm robot having two arms independently movable in relation to each other, and a hand-held control device for controlling the robot and provided with a visual display unit for displaying information about the arms. The control device is provided with a measuring device for measuring the orientation of the control device, and the control device is configured to display information about one of the arms in a first area on the display unit and to display information about the other arm in a second area on the display unit, and to change the positions of the first and second areas in dependence on the orientation of the control device in relation to the robot so that the positions of the first and second area on the display unit reflects the orientation of the control device in relation to the positions of the arms.

    Automated Guided Vehicle And Method Of Controlling Automated Guided Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20220306051A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17596877

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: An AGV including a support structure and at least one drive unit connected to the support structure, wherein each drive unit includes a wheel rotatable about a wheel axis and about a steering axis perpendicular to the wheel axis; a wheel motor arranged to drive the wheel about the wheel axis; and a steering motor arranged to drive the wheel about the steering axis; wherein the AGV further includes at least one actuation member movable in an additional degree of freedom; and wherein the at least one actuation member is arranged to be driven by the wheel motor and/or the steering motor of at least one drive unit in the additional degree of freedom. A method of controlling an AGV is also provided.

    Methods of calibrating positions of wheels in an automated guided vehicle, and automated guided vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11635351B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17596788

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: Jonatan Blom

    Abstract: A method of calibrating positions of wheels in an AGV, the method including positioning a second wheel tangentially on an imaginary second circle centered with respect to a center position in which a first wheel is fixed; driving the second wheel a second distance along the second circle such that the AGV rotates about the center position; determining the second distance based on data from a second wheel sensor device of the second wheel; determining an angle of rotation about the center position based on data from a first steering sensor device of the first wheel during the rotation of the AGV; and determining relative positions between the first wheel and the second wheel based on the second distance and the angle of rotation. An AGV is also provided.

    Industrial robot system comprising a dual arm robot

    公开(公告)号:US10518405B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US16313665

    申请日:2016-06-29

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: An industrial robot system including a dual arm robot having two arms independently movable in relation to each other, and a hand-held control device for controlling the robot and provided with a visual display unit for displaying information about the arms. The control device is provided with a measuring device for measuring the orientation of the control device, and the control device is configured to display information about one of the arms in a first area on the display unit and to display information about the other arm in a second area on the display unit, and to change the positions of the first and second areas in dependence on the orientation of the control device in relation to the robot so that the positions of the first and second area on the display unit reflects the orientation of the control device in relation to the positions of the arms.

    Mobile Robot, Method and Control System

    公开(公告)号:US20250091227A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18832728

    申请日:2022-01-31

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: Jonatan Blom

    Abstract: A mobile robot having a body; a winding member carried by the body; a traction arrangement configured to move the body over a surface with a translational motion along a path; and an elongated line wound around the winding member, wherein the mobile robot is capable of performing a rotational motion of the winding member relative to the surface independently of the translational motion the body. A method and a control system for controlling a mobile robot are also provided.

    Automated guided vehicle and method of controlling automated guided vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12030467B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17596877

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B60S9/04 B60B33/0049 B62D63/02

    Abstract: An AGV including a support structure and at least one drive unit connected to the support structure, wherein each drive unit includes a wheel rotatable about a wheel axis and about a steering axis perpendicular to the wheel axis; a wheel motor arranged to drive the wheel about the wheel axis; and a steering motor arranged to drive the wheel about the steering axis; wherein the AGV further includes at least one actuation member movable in an additional degree of freedom; and wherein the at least one actuation member is arranged to be driven by the wheel motor and/or the steering motor of at least one drive unit in the additional degree of freedom. A method of controlling an AGV is also provided.

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