US Patent Issued to Universal Robots on June 23 for "Robot arm safety system with runtime adaptable safety limits" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,791, issued on June 23, was assigned to Universal Robots A/S (Odense S., Denmark).

"Robot arm safety system with runtime adaptable safety limits" was invented by Anders Billeso Beck (Fredericia, Denmark), David Brandt (Ferritslev Fyn, Denmark), Jakob Schultz Ormhoj (Odense NV, Denmark) and Stefanos Nasiopoulos (Odense SO, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system comprising a robot arm controlled by a process controller according to a combination of basic software and process software and a safety controller configured to monitor and evaluate operation of a robot arm. The basic software is associated with safety limits ha...