Abstract: A linear motor system, in particular a transport system, having a carrier, having a guide track for the carrier, having a guide rail arranged at the guide track, and having a guide element arranged at the carrier, wherein the guide rail and the guide element cooperate to guide the carrier at the guide track, a magnet is provided at the carrier and a magnet is provided at the guide track for driving the carrier along the guide track and/or for holding the carrier at the guide track, a y direction extends in parallel with a spacing between the magnets, the guide track comprises a contact surface which the guide rail contacts, and a normal of the contact surface extends with at least one component in parallel with the y direction.

Abstract: A safety-directed control system comprises at least one safety sensor unit and at least one safety actuator unit, which are connected to one another via a fieldbus, and a programming device. Sensor connections for connecting safety sensors to the fieldbus are provided by the at least one safety sensor unit, the sensor connections being associated with safety lines. The programming device displays the available safety lines to a user via an output interface and receives a user input via an input interface, with the user input associating a selected safety response, which is executable by the safety actuator unit, with at least one selected safety line. The programming device further stores the association between the selected safety line and the selected safety response in the safety actuator unit as a safety configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a linear motor system, in particular a transport system, e.g. a multicarrier, having at least one carrier, having a guide track for the carrier, having a guide rail arranged at the guide track, and having a guide element arranged at the carrier, wherein the guide rail and the guide element cooperate to guide the carrier at the guide track, wherein a magnet is provided at the carrier and a magnet is provided at the guide track for driving the carrier along the guide track and/or for holding the carrier at the guide track, wherein a y direction extends in parallel with a spacing between the magnets, wherein the guide track comprises a contact surface which the guide rail contacts, and wherein a normal of the contact surface extends with at least one component in parallel with the y direction.

Abstract: A safety-directed control system comprises at least one safety sensor unit and at least one safety actuator unit, which are connected to one another via a fieldbus, and a programming device. Sensor connections for connecting safety sensors to the fieldbus are provided by the at least one safety sensor unit, the sensor connections being associated with safety lines. The programming device displays the available safety lines to a user via an output interface and receives a user input via an input interface, with the user input associating a selected safety response, which is executable by the safety actuator unit, with at least one selected safety line. The programming device further stores the association between the selected safety line and the selected safety response in the safety actuator unit as a safety configuration.

Abstract: A delta robot includes a stationary housing, in which at least three drives are installed, at least three upper arms, at least three pairs of elongate and mutually parallel lower arms, and a movable parallel plate. Each of the upper arms is connected to one of the drives. Each lower arm comprises a corrosion-resistant metal tube having a first end connected to a free end of one of the upper arms through a ball joint and a second end connected to the movable parallel plate through a ball joint. Each ball joint includes a ball head and a ball socket, one of which is attached to the first or second end of one of the tubes.

Abstract: Delta robot for increased requirements on dynamics, hygiene and protection against the consequences of collision, comprising a stationary housing, in which at least three drives are installed and on which at least three upper arms are mounted such that they are pivotable about an axle in each case and are in each case connected to a drive, and at their free ends are connected to a pair of elongate and mutually parallel lower arms via one ball joint in each case, and at their other end are connected to a movable parallel plate via a further ball joint in each case, a ball head or a ball socket being fixed at both ends of each underarm as part of a ball joint, the lower arms comprising in each case a stainless steel tube, the inner space of which is sealed in a watertight manner, by means of a ball head or a ball socket at both ends of the stainless steel tube, and which is plastically deformable.

Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a plurality of manipulators with a large number of control units associated with the manipulators in such a way that each control unit controls at least one manipulator, are characterized in that an operating device accesses several control units for controlling the manipulators. Thus, it is possible according to the invention to operate even very closely juxtaposed manipulators without any crossing and interlacing of the connecting channels between the operating devices and control units which would prevent a reliable association in operation. The invention also makes it possible for only one operator to operate cooperating robots.

Abstract: In order to improve the safety of a machine, particularly a robot, such as a multiaxial or multiaxle industrial robot during the operation thereof, particularly in the presence of human beings, the invention provides a method for operating the machine, which is characterized in that at least one path section is traversed in monitored manner in a reference trip, that movement-characteristic operating values are continuously measured and stored as reference values and that during machine operation said operating values are also determined and compared with the stored reference values. The invention also relates to a device for performing the method.

Abstract: A process for moving a robot, especially an articulated arm robot, in which motions of axes of the robot are synchronized with a primary motion. In particular, positions of the axes are assigned to the position of the primary motion via a path table.

Abstract: In order to improve the safety of a machine, particularly a robot, such as a multiaxial or multiaxle industrial robot during the operation thereof, particularly in the presence of human beings, the invention provides a method for operating the machine, which is characterized in that at least one path section is traversed in monitored manner in a reference trip, that movement-characteristic operating values are continuously measured and stored as reference values and that during machine operation said operating values are also determined and compared with the stored reference values. The invention also relates to a device for performing the method.

Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a plurality of manipulators with a large number of control units associated with the manipulators in such a way that each control unit controls at least one manipulator, are characterized in that an operating device accesses several control units for controlling the manipulators. Thus, it is possible according to the invention to operate even very closely juxtaposed manipulators without any crossing and interlacing of the connecting channels between the operating devices and control units which would prevent a reliable association in operation. The invention also makes it possible for only one operator to operate cooperating robots.