SECURITY SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF COOPERATIVE WORK BETWEEN PEOPLE, ROBOTS AND MACHINES

• Main Authors: Horter, Hansjürgen, Holzäpfel, Matthias, Pilz, Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.12.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HAND TOOLS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MANIPULATORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A safety system for safeguarding cooperative operation of people, robots, and machines with respect to a technical installation includes a safety-related device. The safety-related device is configured to monitor a first hazardous area of the technical installation and bring the technical installation into a safe state in response to detection of a hazardous condition. The safety system is configured to identify an autonomously operating technical unit, register the autonomously operating technical unit in response to the autonomously operating technical unit satisfying a defined condition, and restrict monitoring of the first hazardous area by the safety-related device in response to the registration. The safety system is configured to, in response to a defined event, revoke the registration of the autonomously operating technical unit and lift the restriction on monitoring.