Patents by Inventor Bettina Pfaff

Bettina Pfaff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Robust intuitive operating method by touching a manipulator
    Patent number: 10635074
    Abstract: A method for controlling a manipulator includes releasing the manipulator in reaction to a release request by an operator, wherein the recognition of the release request involves monitoring the variation over time of a measured value that is characteristic of a state of the manipulator. Increased robustness of the recognition of the release request results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Schreiber, Bettina Pfaff
  • Flexible cycle time-optimized sharing of a working space for robots
    Patent number: 10005185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which non-simultaneously shares a working space with another robot. On the basis of a determined residual period, in which the working space remains occupied, the path planning of a robot is adjusted in a cycle time-optimized manner, in order to avoid a deceleration at the working space limit and a wait for the working space to be vacated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Pfaff, Thomas Neff, Marcus Hansen, Michael Wolf, Christian Fremuth-Paeger, Thomas Heinrich
  • Robust Intuitive Operating Method By Touching A Manipulator
    Publication number: 20180074475
    Abstract: A method for controlling a manipulator includes releasing the manipulator in reaction to a release request by an operator, wherein the recognition of the release request involves monitoring the variation over time of a measured value that is characteristic of a state of the manipulator. Increased robustness of the recognition of the release request results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Günter Schreiber, Bettina Pfaff
  • Event-based redundancy angle configuration for articulated-arm robots
    Patent number: 9616564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which has at least one redundant degree of freedom. The method according to the invention prevents the robot from colliding with its surrounding environment and/or from getting into an inconvenient position as a result of its redundancy, and does so without causing any disadvantageous displacement of the tool center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventor: Bettina Pfaff
  • Flexible Cycle Time-Optimized Sharing of a Working Space for Robots
    Publication number: 20160129596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which non-simultaneously shares a working space with another robot. On the basis of a determined residual period, in which the working space remains occupied, the path planning of a robot is adjusted in a cycle time-optimized manner, in order to avoid a deceleration at the working space limit and a wait for the working space to be vacated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Bettina Pfaff, Thomas Neff, Marcus Hansen, Michael Wolf, Christian Fremuth-Paeger, Thomas Heinrich
  • Event-Based Redundancy Angle Configuration for Articulated-Arm Robots
    Publication number: 20160129588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which has at least one redundant degree of freedom. The method according to the invention prevents the robot from colliding with its surrounding environment and/or from getting into an inconvenient position as a result of its redundancy, and does so without causing any disadvantageous displacement of the tool center point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Bettina Pfaff