New applications and innovative ideas: The KUKA Sunrise.OS Med operating system for the LBR Med is specially designed for easy programming of medical applications. This opens up numerous possibilities.
Program medical applications quickly and successfully on the basis of KUKA Sunrise.OS Med
The operating system for the LBR Med, KUKA Sunrise.OS Med, together with the included KUKA Sunrise.Workbench Med developer environment, offers all the functions required for programming and configuring demanding medical robot applications. Fast application development is also possible through object-oriented programming in Java. The most important thing is: The operating system is tailored to the needs of medical device manufacturers with a wide range of software functions and interfaces and is part of the IEC 60601-1 review.
Operating system and future platform KUKA Sunrise.OS Med
Program and configure medical applications with KUKA Sunrise.OS Med.
All advantages of KUKA Sunrise.OS Med at a glance
The operating system and corresponding optional software packages offer a number of arguments for medical device manufacturers to choose the LBR Med. The simple integration of the LBR Med into almost every customer-specific solution is a top priority.?
Comprehensive
A wide variety of functions for programming and configuring medical applications.
A large range of optional software packages.
Interfaces for connecting the robot controller to customer-specific software.
External libraries for path planning of the 7-axis robot.
Certified
Compliant with standard IEC 62304 for medical device software.
Special software geared towards the requirements for integration into medical products.
Certified in accordance with robot standards (e.g. ISO 10218-1, UL 1740, ANSI RIA R15.06).
User-friendly
Object-oriented Java programming interface for all robot functions.
Innovative functions for programming, planning and configuring applications with the LBR Med.
Extensive option packages.
Training offers at KUKA College.
Safe
Comprehensive safety configuration, adaptable to individual customer requirements as well as their circumstances and safety requirements.
Safe monitoring of the axis ranges, the workspace, and the speeds of axes and the mounted medical device.
Safe collision detection by comparing internal joint torque sensors and planned contact force.
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Specially tailored to medical robotics thanks to certifications
KUKA Sunrise.OS Med offers easy access to high-end robotics. The system software meets the requirements of IEC 62304. The KUKA Sunrise.HRC Med safety option that is included enables the functions required for the implementation of collaborative human-robot applications in accordance with Performance Level d. KUKA Sunrise.OS Med has received the CB test certificate?together with the LBR Med.?The corresponding documents and information can be retrieved from ourXpert customer portal as well as the Download center.
With the certified operating system, LBR Med can be easily integrated into medical products.
Safe collaboration between robots and medical personnel
Special safety options enable monitoring of the speed, the forces acting on the robot arm and the positions of the robot arm in the workspace as well as the measured torques. The medical device manufacturercan store precise safety parameters in the operating system in order to automatically trigger a predefined response in emergency situations, such as activating the brakes and stopping the robot.
Safety in human-robot collaboration can be achieved not only when assisting medical personnel, but also when dealing directly with patients, for example during medical intervention or therapy.
Braking with KUKA Sunrise.BrakeHandling Med
The KUKA Sunrise.BrakeHandling Med software package uses the robot brakes in the application. If required, they can be closed within an application (while the LBR Med is stationary and no motion command is active) or automatically closed at the end of every motion.
Application scenario: Ensuring the exact robot position at the end of the motion.
Real-time communication with KUKA Sunrise.FRI Med
KUKA Sunrise.FRI Med is the “Fast Robot Interface” that enables communication between the robot controller and an external computer in real time. At the same time, each axis position of the robot can be determined in milliseconds.
Access to joint positions, joint torque and Cartesian positions on the x, y and z axes (1 to 100 milliseconds).
Commanding of axis positions, axis-specific torques as well as Cartesian poses.
C++ Software Development Kit for external computers.
Application scenarios: camera-based and collision-free path planning, machine learning.
Stiffness with KUKA Sunrise.IncreasedStiffness Med
KUKA Sunrise.IncreasedStiffness Med is a control mode that optimizes the stiffness of the robot arm:
Compatible with basic robot motion commands (such as PTP, LIN, CIRC, CP Spline, JP Spline, PositionHold).
Compatible with Servoing, FRI and basic robot motion types.
Does not affect the safety configuration or the monitoring of forces and torques.
Activation and deactivation of the control mode is possible within the customer application.
Application scenario: Optimized compensation of motions.
Manual guidance with KUKA Sunrise.PreciseHandGuiding Med
The KUKA Sunrise.PreciseHandGuiding Med option package enables new and precise manual guidance with the possibility of presetting specific restrictions at the same time. For example, defined motions of the robot can be blocked, e.g. in the case of a biopsy in which the needle is only to be moved along a specific axis.
Rotation about a defined point.
Motion within a plane (defined as one of the planes in a coordinate system).
Motion along an axis (defined as one of the axes of the tool coordinate system).
Motion with a fixed tool orientation.
Customers can set individual robot parameters for manual guidance (motion resistance and breakaway torque).
Intuitive behavior of the elbow?during manual guidance.
Limitation of the speed of the axes.
Limitation of the Cartesian speed of the robot.
Option of setting axis limits.
Application scenario: Exact, hand-guided positioning of medical devices.
Motion changes with KUKA Sunrise.Servoing Med
The KUKA Sunrise.Servoing Med option package is an interface for programming the motion types that make it possible to change the target position of the robot with a smooth transition.
Non-deterministic soft real-time applications can be implemented that quickly correct a robot path.
Servo motions can be used to command new end positions during the robot motion.
SmartServo sets joint-specific and Cartesian end positions that are addressed along the quickest path.
SmartServoLin sets Cartesian target positions: The target positions are addressed with a linear motion.
SmartServo and SmartServoLin enable jerk-limited paths with a fast destination setting.
Applications: camera-based superposition of motions.
Collision avoidance with KUKA Sunrise.CollisionAvoidance Med
KUKA Sunrise.CollisionAvoidance Med is a C++ library that runs on an external computer with a Windows system and serves to calculate the intermediate points of a collision-free path.
Consideration of several static obstacles in the workspace, predefined start and end positions and medical devices mounted on the robot flange.
Generation of results from a visualization of the preconfigured scene, the position of the robot and the planned motion.
Application scenario: Collision-free motion between predefined points in space in a predefined environment.
Collision-free path planning with KUKA Sunrise.SmartTrajectory Med
KUKA Sunrise.SmartTrajectory Med is a C++ library that runs on an external computer with a Windows system and focuses on path generation with predefined speed and acceleration.
Generation of collision-free PTP paths using intermediate points from KUKA Sunrise.CollisionAvoidance Med.
Generation of Cartesian paths (LIN/LINREL with/without approximate positioning, CIRC) based on the specified speed and acceleration limits.
Improved path planning by avoiding singularities and compensating for the axis limit of the robot.
