---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001648"
title: "Method for Operating a Robot Arm Using a Zoning Model"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:07:18.941181Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001648"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b25j9/1612"
  - "b65g47/917"
  - "b65g47/917"
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  - "b65g47/91"
  - "g05b2219/39558"
---

# Method for Operating a Robot Arm Using a Zoning Model

## Abstract

A method for operating a robot arm for an automation system includes mounting a gripper having a plurality of suction elements arrangeable in an array for gripping an object; providing a control module comprising a matrix for mapping the array of the plurality of suction elements arranged at the gripper, and a zoning model; dividing, using the matrix and the array of the plurality of suctions elements into a plurality of zones; determining a group of zones to be activated out of the plurality of zones for gripping the object using the zoning model of the control module; and activating a group of suction elements out of the plurality of suction elements, which are arranged in the group of zones to be activated, to grip the object using an actuating unit.