Process-oriented approach to an efficient off-line programming of industrial robots

Author

Freund, Eckhard ; Rokossa, Dirk ; Rossmann, Juergen

Author_Institution

Inst. of Robotics Res., Dortmund Univ., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

31 Aug-4 Sep 1998

Firstpage

208

Abstract

A major problem when using off-line programming systems in today´s robot-based workcells is that for more complex tasks like for example, arc welding, general coating or laser-based paint-removal, the support by these programming tools is poor. Particularly, together with intricate workpieces designed from free-form surfaces (e.g. NURBS) the programming of the desired robot motion still requires a lot of manual, teach-in like work by the programmer. This paper presents two approaches which now support the programmer in a comprehensive manner to solve this problem efficiently

Keywords

industrial robots; motion control; path planning; robot programming; virtual reality; arc welding; automatic trajectory generation; coating; efficient off-line programming; free-form surfaces; industrial robots; intricate workpie; laser-based paint-removal; playback programming; process simulation; process-oriented approach; reach-in programming; robot motion programming; robot-based workcells; virtual reality; Coatings; Orbital robotics; Programming profession; Robot motion; Robot programming; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Spline; Surface topography; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Aachen

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4503-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1998.723992

Filename

723992