A CONTROL SYSTEM AND AN OPERATING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT COMPRISING A TOUCH -SCREEN

摘要

The present invention relates to a control system for controlling an industrial robot, including an operating device (3) for manually controlling the movements of the robot. The device comprises a touch - sensitive contact area (5) and is adapted to generate control data for controlling the movements of the robot in response to a contact between an object and the contact area. The device is adapted to generate the control data in dependence on the position of a contact point (22, 24) between the object and the contact area, and the distance (d1, d2) between the contact point and a defined zero position (14) on the contact area. The system further includes a handheld operating device (3) provided with a touchscreen (5) including said touch - sensitive contact area.