Patent ID: 9132551
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B25J,G05B,G05D,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for teleoperating an industrial robot having a maximum allowable speed of operation to perform a predetermined process having a maximum allowable speed comprising: a station for an operator remotely located from a robot station at which both said robot and said predetermined process are located, said operator station comprising an input device for said operator to send signals to a computing device located at said robot station for controlling said robot to perform said predetermined process; a communication link between said operator station and said robot station for transferring signals to and from said operator station and said robot station; said computing device, a. determining if said robot is in a teleoperation mode of operation; b. determining if a watchdog signal has been received by said robot station from said operator station; c. measuring the rate of transmission of data from said operator station to said robot station to determine if said data transmission rate does not exceed a minimum rate of data transmission or if a maximum time for transmission of said data from said operator station to said robot station is exceeded; and d. undertaking one or more corrective measures when said data transmission rate does not exceed said minimum rate of data transmission and/or when said maximum time of data transmission from said operator station to said robot station is exceeded, said one or more corrective measures comprising: