Application Adapted Performance Optimization for Industrial Robots

Industrial robots are designed for a large spectrum of user scenarios. This implies that the robot cannot be tailor made for each situation and hence its full potential might not always be fully exploited. For further efficient use of robots the concept of application adapted performance optimization is introduced. This means that the robot control is optimized with respect to thermal and fatigue load for the specific program, which the robot performs. Simultaneously the motion program itself i.e. the path planning can be optimized in order to get the most out of the robot. These ideas are tested on a six axis robot in a press tending application.