Method and apparatus for driving a robot arrangement

1. Method for controlling a robot arrangement having at least one robot, comprising the steps of:

arranging by a computer at least a general fault model for a plurality of different treatment processes with predetermined processing errors of a robot-based tool;

configuring by the computer the fault model for at least a specific processing error of one of the plurality of treatment processes;

transmitting by the computer the configured fault model to a control system of the robot arrangement; and

controlling the robot arrangement with the control system in accordance with the fault model while checking for the occurrence of errors at a predetermined frequency.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the predetermined processing errors comprises a starting error at the start of a treatment process or a path error while executing the process.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the predetermined processing errors comprises a malfunction of a robot-based tool.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the general fault model comprises a configuration option of at least one of:

continuing on a processing path with or without processing,

stopping on a processing path,

restarting on the path or remotely of a point of a processing path that has already been passed,

restarting a section of a processing path that has already been passed with or without processing,

approaching a service station,

an error message, or

eliminating a component.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein restarting the section of the processing path that has already been passed can be performed on the path or remotely.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein restarting the section of the processing path that has already been passed is performed when approaching the processing path.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the general fault model comprises a configuration option of a tool repair model.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the general fault model comprises a configuration option of a tool repair motion.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the general fault model comprises at least one of a configuration option of a maximum repetition number or correction time for correcting an error.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the general fault model comprises a configuration option for a robot arrangement having at least two cooperating robots.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the general fault model comprises a configuration option having at least one of:

a fault detection,

a subsequent model, or

a link between a processing error or failure of correction and a subsequent model.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the arrangement or configuration of the fault model is graphic-based.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a configuration option depends on at least one of a cooperation of robots, a processing error, or a subsequent model.

14. A system for controlling a robot arrangement, comprising:

at least one robot operating under the control of a control system and having at least one robot-based tool; and

a program code stored in a non-transitory storage medium of a computer and, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to:

establish at least a general model for a plurality of different treatment processes with predetermined processing errors of the at least one robot-based tool;

configure the fault model for at least one specific processing error of one of the plurality of treatment processes; and

transmit the configured fault model to the control system of the at least one robot;

wherein the control system controls the at least one robot in accordance with the fault model while checking for the occurrence of errors at a predetermined frequency.