AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM WITH A TEACHING PORTABLE UNIT AND A DETECTING UNIT FOR DETECTING WHEN THE TPU LEAVES THE ROBOT CELL

摘要

An industrial robot system comprising: at least one industrial robot comprising at least one manipulator (1) located in a robot cell (10), a control unit (2) for controlling the manipulator, and a portable operator control device (4), called hereafter a TPU, for teaching and manually operating the manipulator. The system further comprises: a detecting unit (16a, 16b) detecting when the TPU leaves the robot cell, and a warning generator producing a warning to the operator upon detecting that the TPU leaves the robot cell.