METHOD FOR SIMULATING ROBOT OPERATION

• Main Authors: NAKATANI TAKUYA, MITANI KOICHI, HATAKE KAZUSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.12.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING

PURPOSE: To verify whether a teaching point of a prepared program is desirable or not without actually operating a robot. CONSTITUTION: After the program of a robot to be used in the working of a work is prepared (S1), the propriety of a teaching point is verified by using a robot simulator. A positional deviation allowable area is set around each teaching point defined by the program (S2), a simulation is performed (S3), and whether the positional deviation allowable area is included in the movable range of the robot and the interference with an other member does not exist within the area or not are verified (S4). If any condition is not satisfied, the teaching point is corrected (S8) and a verification is performed again. When it is judged that the teaching point is proper by the simulation, the program having the teaching point is imparted to the robot (S5). After the teaching point is corrected according to the location of the work (S6), the working by the robot is performed (S7).