Patents by Inventor Ewald Lutscher

Ewald Lutscher 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).

  • Patent number: 12103183
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robot includes detecting current positions of joints of the robot and actuating the joints using drives of the robot based on the detected current joint positions such that at least one drive supports a manual guidance-induced movement of the joint actuated by the drive if a distance between the detected or target joint position and a specified first boundary has a first value. The drive supports the manual guidance-induced movement to a lesser degree if the distance has a second value which is lower than the first value. Additionally, the manual guidance-induced movement is oriented towards the first boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ewald Lutscher
  • Publication number: 20220111520
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a predetermined task using a robot, which is redundant with regard to the task. When the task is carried out, an admittance motion that is dependent on a force exerted externally on the robot and on a predetermined virtual mass, stiffness and/or damping is carried out in the zero space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ewald Lutscher, Mario Daniele Fiore
  • Publication number: 20200101604
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robot includes detecting current positions of joints of the robot and actuating the joints using drives of the robot based on the detected current joint positions such that at least one drive supports a manual guidance-induced movement of the joint actuated by the drive if a distance between the detected or target joint position and a specified first boundary has a first value. The drive supports the manual guidance-induced movement to a lesser degree if the distance has a second value which is lower than the first value. Additionally, the manual guidance-induced movement is oriented towards the first boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Ewald Lutscher