Patent ID: 8779715

Claim:
A programmable robot system comprising: (a) a robot comprising a number of individual arm sections, where adjacent arm sections are interconnected by a joint; (b) a controllable drive provided in at least some of said joints which drives said joints; (c) a control system for controlling each said controllable drive; (d) a user interface system comprising programming for the control system, said user interface system being provided externally to the robot as a remote control; and (e) a storage co-operating with said user interface system and said control system for storing information related to one of the movement and further operations of the robot or of a robot tool mounted on the robot; and wherein said remote control further comprises a touch screen upon which a 3D-representation of the robot is shown together with icons for positioning and orienting the robot or robot tool; and wherein positioning and orienting movements of the robot directed by a user with the icons on the touch screen of the remote control result in physical positioning and orienting changes to the robot which are shown by the 3D-representation of the robot on the touch screen.