Patent ID: 9296106
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B25J

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a safety device for a handling device configured as an industrial robot having a movable gripper device and at least one sensor device at least largely surrounding the gripper device, comprising: detecting, with the aid of the at least one sensor device, at least a possible collision with an object located in a motion path of the gripper device; outputting, by the sensor device, a signal to a control unit upon detecting a collision risk; and modifying, by the control unit, a motion sequence of the gripper device on the motion path, wherein the modified motion sequence is a controlled reduction in a motion velocity of the gripper device; wherein, after initiating the reduction in the motion velocity, the motion velocity is variably adapted to dynamically varying detected distance of the object from the motion path of the gripper device.