ENABLING DEVICE TRANSFERRING ROBOT CONTROL SIGNALS

摘要

The present invention relates to an industrial robot system (11) comprising a robot that comprises a manipulator (12) and a robot controller (13) arranged to control the manipulator, and an enabling device (16) arranged to be connected via a first wire (17) to the robot controller, which upon activation is arranged to enable manual operation of the manipulator. The enabling device is further arranged to be connected to, and receive robot control signals from, an operator control device (14) via which the robot is arranged to be manually operated, and to transfer the received robot control signals to the robot controller via the first wire. The enabling device and the operator control device are separate devices each comprised in a respective individual housing.