CONFIGURING A VISUALIZATION DEVICE FOR A MACHINE ZONE

    公开(公告)号:US20220097238A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17483782

    申请日:2021-09-23

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: A method of configuring a visualization device for a machine zone is provided in which at least one sensor is arranged, wherein a reference marker is attached in the machine zone and an object marker is attached to the sensor, a respective at least two markers are detected by a detection device, and the two markers are linked to one another abstractly in their proximity relationship and/or geometrically in their mutual spatial locations.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A HAZARD ZONE OF A ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:US20240326250A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18602748

    申请日:2024-03-12

    Applicant: SICK AG

    CPC classification number: B25J9/1676 B25J5/007 B25J19/023

    Abstract: A system for monitoring a hazard zone of a robot having at least one sensor having at least one spatial monitored zone for monitoring the hazard zone, and a control and evaluation unit, and a robot controller for controlling the movements of at least one hazardous part of the robot, wherein the robot controller and the control and evaluation unit are electronically connected to one another by means of at least one interface, wherein the sensor is configured to cyclically transmit 3D data of the monitored zone to the control and evaluation unit, wherein the sensor and the control and evaluation unit are further configured to generate at least one spatial protected zone in the monitored zone, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to localize persons in the monitored zone of the sensor with reference to the 3D data and to determine their distance from the hazardous part of the robot, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to arrange the spatial protected zone such that the spatial protected zone completely surrounds and includes the hazardous part of the robot and a surface of the protected zone forms an outer safety boundary, wherein the location of the safety boundary is fixable in dependence on a distance, on a direction of movement and/or a movement speed of the person with respect to the hazardous part of the robot, and wherein the robot controller is configured to freely move the hazardous part of the robot within the protected zone.

    CONTACTLESS SAFEGUARDING AT A COOPERATION ZONE OF A MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20250073932A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18817940

    申请日:2024-08-28

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: A method for a contactless safeguarding at a cooperation zone of a machine is provided wherein an access zone for a worker is arranged at a first side of the cooperation zone and a working zone of the machine is arranged at a second side, wherein a plurality of protected fields configured in the environment of the cooperation zone are monitored for protected field intrusions by at least one optoelectronic sensor and at least two of the protected fields 38) are arranged in a first sequence starting from the first side such that a worker sequentially intrudes into these protected fields when approaching the cooperation zone, and wherein the protected field intrusions are evaluated to safeguard the machine in the case of an unpermitted combination of protected field intrusions. In this respect, at least two of the protected fields are arranged in a second sequence starting from the second side such that the machine sequentially intrudes in these protected fields when approaching the cooperation zone.

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