Patent ID: 7783387
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling and selectively programming a plurality of manipulators of industrial robots through a portable control and programming terminal having one safety device, each manipulator having a control unit, the method comprising: implementing a first wireless communication channel directly between said terminal and the control unit of one of the manipulators of said plurality, providing a further communication channel between said terminal and the control unit of at least another one of the manipulators of said plurality, the method further comprising: implementing said further communication channel through a second wireless channel directly between said terminal and the control unit of said at least another one of the manipulators of said plurality; configuring said terminal and the control units of the manipulators of said plurality such that, in view of a session of use of said terminal, a first wireless connection mode can be selectively enabled between said terminal and any one of the control unit of the manipulators of said plurality, or first manipulator; and a second wireless connection mode can be selectively enabled between said terminal and the control unit of at least another one of the manipulators of said plurality, or second manipulator; and wherein, during said session of use,