Accuracy enhancement in off-line programming for industrial robots

The use of off-line programming and simulation systems to program industrial robots enables the shift of program creation and optimization away from production, thereby reducing down times in production cells. As such, off-line programming also offers the possibility of using simulation technology to experiment with a variety of scenarios and processes, in order to optimize processes without interfering with production or endangering the cells. Although the current technological state is still somewhat remote from the goal, simulators are already of economic benefit. In order to successfully reach the ideal state described here, the causes for errors must be identified and analyzed. Each single cause of a simulation error requires concrete measures, technological developments or research projects if simulation is to reach the ideal state of off-line programming