Patent ID: 9643318
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B25J,G05B

Claim:
1. A system for teleoperation of a machine having at least one actuated mechanism and a predetermined number of degrees of freedom, said system comprising: a control station remotely located from a location of said machine, said machine controlled from said control station to perform a predetermined function; a two way real-time communication link between said machine and said remotely located control station; an interface at said control station allowing an operator of said machine located at said control station to select one or more virtual constraints on operation of said machine to reduce said predetermined number of degrees of freedom when said machine is performing said predetermined function; and a controlling device associated with said machine at said machine location, said machine having predetermined safety limits which are stored in said controlling device, said stored predetermined safety limits are extracted and transmitted to said control station over said two way real-time communication link and automatically mapped to said virtual constraints.