Method and a system for programming an industrial robot
First Claim
1. A method in connection with programming of an industrial robot, comprising teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object to be processed by the robot, the method comprising:
- obtaining information about the position of the waypoints in relation to the object,determining whether a point on the robot path is within the working range of the robot, and notifying the operator if the point is outside the working range of the robot,storing the information about the position of the waypoints,simulating the robot path based on the received information about the waypoints and a model of the robot,generating a graphical representation of the robot path based on the simulated robot path, anddisplaying a view comprising the object and said graphical representation of the robot path projected on the object.
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Abstract
A method and a system for use in connection with programming of an industrial robot. The programming includes teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object to be processed by the robot. The system includes elements for obtaining information about the waypoints of the path in relation to the object, a storage unit for storing the obtained information, a simulation unit for simulating the robot path based on the obtained information about the waypoints and a model of the robot, a graphics generator for generating a graphical representation of the simulated robot path, and a display member for displaying a view comprising the object and the graphical representation of the robot path projected on the object.
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15 Claims
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1. A method in connection with programming of an industrial robot, comprising teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object to be processed by the robot, the method comprising:
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obtaining information about the position of the waypoints in relation to the object, determining whether a point on the robot path is within the working range of the robot, and notifying the operator if the point is outside the working range of the robot, storing the information about the position of the waypoints, simulating the robot path based on the received information about the waypoints and a model of the robot, generating a graphical representation of the robot path based on the simulated robot path, and displaying a view comprising the object and said graphical representation of the robot path projected on the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method in connection with programming of an industrial robot, comprising teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object to be processed by the robot, the method comprising:
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obtaining information about the position of the waypoints in relation to the object; storing the information about the position of the waypoints; simulating the robot path based on the received information about the waypoints and a model of the robot; generating a graphical representation of the robot path based on the simulated robot path; displaying a view comprising the object and said graphical representation of the robot path projected on the object; obtaining information about a process to be performed by the robot in connection with the robot path; simulating the result of the process based upon the obtained information about the waypoints, the obtained information about the process and a model of the process; generating a graphical representation of the simulated result of the process; displaying a view showing the graphical representation of the simulated result of the process projected on the object; simulating the quality of the result of the process based on one or a plurality of predefined quality parameters and the model of the process; generating a graphical representation of the quality of the result of the process; and displaying the view based on the generated graphical representation of the simulation of the quality of the result of the process. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method in connection with programming of an industrial robot, comprising teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object to be processed by the robot, the method comprising:
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obtaining information about the position of the waypoints in relation to the object; storing the information about the position of the waypoints; simulating the robot path based on the received information about the waypoints and a model of the robot; generating a graphical representation of the robot path based on the simulated robot path; displaying a view comprising the object and said graphical representation of the robot path projected on the object; and obtaining information about the position of a display member in relation to the object and displaying said view in dependence of the position of the display member in relation to the object.
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