Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Stöcher

Wolfgang Stöcher 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).

  • Synchronization of multiple robots
    Patent number: 11305429
    Abstract: In the following, a method for synchronizing the motion sequences of at least two robots will be described. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises the following: During operation of a robot cell having at least two robots, a path parameter is regularly calculated for each of the at least two robots based on a current position of the respective robot and on a previously specified robot path of the respective robot. The path parameter represents the current position of the robot. Subsequently, a run-ahead limit is calculated for each robot based on the path parameters determined for the respective other robots. Based on the respective calculated run-ahead limit, the path speed of every robot can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Atensor Engineering And Technology Systems GmbH, Convergent Information Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schierz, Wolfgang Stöcher, Gerald Umgeher
  • SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPLE ROBOTS
    Publication number: 20180311821
    Abstract: In the following, a method for synchronizing the motion sequences of at least two robots will be described. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises the following: During operation of a robot cell having at least two robots, a path parameter is regularly calculated for each of the at least two robots based on a current position of the respective robot and on a previously specified robot path of the respective robot. The path parameter represents the current position of the robot. Subsequently, a run-ahead limit is calculated for each robot based on the path parameters determined for the respective other robots. Based on the respective calculated run-ahead limit, the path speed of every robot can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: Atensor Engineering And Technology Systems GmbH, Convergent Information Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schierz, Wolfgang Stöcher, Gerald Umgeher