Patent ID: 7451016

Claim:
An industrial robot system, comprising: a plurality of industrial robots, each robot comprising a manipulator, a control unit comprising means for automatically operating the manipulator, a movable key device configured to store information about the identity of the robot to which the moveable key device belongs, and a first receiving member configured to receive the movable key device of the robot to which the movable key device belongs; and a portable operating unit configured to teach and program the robots, wherein the portable operating unit is adapted for wireless communication with each control unit, and wherein the portable operating unit comprises a second receiving member configured to receive one of the moveable key devices removed from one of the first receiving members of one of the robots, a sensor configured to read a robot identity from the received moveable device, and a processor configured to establish wireless communication only between the portable operating unit and the control unit of the identified robot upon reading the robot identity from the moveable key device.