.~ With condition responsive, program, or timing control
DEFINITION
Classification: 228/102
(under subclass 101) Process including a step of using means for: (a) detecting any of the following characteristics: a state or property, or the occurrence of a predetermined event, in any of the following: the work, the product of the machine, the environment of the machine affecting the operation thereof, an external preplanned information supply, or a time period limiting means; and (b) initiating (as a direct result of such detection) a force or impulse other than that generated or transmitted by the detecting means; and (c) regulating or modifying (as a direct result of such initiation) the operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
901, Robots, subcollection 2+ for the controlling of a robot arm, particularly subcollection 10, for the guiding of the arm by direct contact with the work, and subcollection 42 for an art collection of welding robots.
