Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of controlling a collaborative robot, or “cobot”. According to the disclosed method the “cobot” is controlled so as to make it ready to perform a task in collaboration with the human operator only when the latter is about to move into a work sector to carry out the task collaborating with the robot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignees:
POLITECNICO DI MILANO, SMART ROBOTS S.R.L.
Inventors:
Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Luigi Piroddi, Paolo Rocco, Andrea Casalino
Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of controlling a collaborative robot, or “cobot”. According to the disclosed method the “cobot” is controlled so as to make it ready to perform a task in collaboration with the human operator only when the latter is about to move into a work sector to carry out the task collaborating with the robot.