KEBA KeTop T10 directMove Operate robots quickly and easily using intuitive gestures

System overview

The KeTop T10 is a machine operating device that is intended for jogging robots in an intuitive way with

„DirectMove“. DirectMove is the name for operating a robot or a machine on the basis of position detec

tion in or parallel to the pointing direction.

Compared to a conventional KeTop the KeTop T10 is equipped with a firmware for calculating the ori

entation of the device and for communication with the control, since it has a limited graphical interface.

The key benefit of the KeTop T10 is the knowledge about it’s own orientation in space. This way the Ke

Top T10 can be used for selecting desired directions of movements. Similar to show a direction to a hu

man operator using ones finger.

Although the KeTop T10 is designed for jogging robots, it can be used for any application, where it is

useful to show directions or orientation in space by using the device itself.

An integrated emergency stop and an enabling control switch make it the perfect operating device

for any machine requiring save manual operation.

The  new, intuitive way of operation together with its compact size allows the operator to concentrate on

the operated machine instead of paying attention to the operating device.

The display of the KeTop T10 is used to display the status and shows the icons setted by the application

on the control. An exception are the error codes or internal icons (e.g. compass for referencing) which

are displayed directly by the KeTop T10.

The following chapters offer an overview of the following topics:

• KeTop T10 functions

• Connecting the KeTop T10 to an OEM control

• Using the KeTop T10 for robot jogging

Functions of KeTop T10

In principle the KeTop T10 is a operating device with keyboard, joystick and a small color LCD display for

showing operating modes and status. But in addition to that the device has knowledge about its own ori

entation in space. This information is used by the ro bot control to handle the robot.

The KeTop T10 itself has no built-in logic for robot jogging and no specific information about it. This way

it is up to the controller to implement the best way of using the device in a special context.

The display is quite reduced in function: It only allows the selection of predefined icons representing mode

and state information. There are several icon sets available which are stored in the KeTop T10 itself.

The KeTop T10 has an Ethernet interface which allows exchanging information with the control. The fol

lowing information is exchanged between controller and the device:

• state of keyboard and joystick

• current orientation of the device

• current selected icons for display

As a communication protocol KVC (KEBA Virtual Channel) based on UDP/IP designed by KEBA is used.

The protocol also implements a transfer of parameters. Parts of the data exchange are handled cyclically

like a live check to detect connection errors between KeTop T10 is active.

The communication protocol is integrated into the firmware of the KeTop T10. The firmware also contains

all (inertial) sensor evaluation to derive the orientation of the device. Furthermore a small web server

on the device allows basic diagnosis and network settings.