Method for operating a robot
US10828778B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/39067
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for operating a robot includes: creating a production robot program for execution on a robotic controller, wherein the robot program defines a robot path; performing an offline simulation of robot motion along the robot path using the production robot program; analyzing loads between a robot end effector and an object along the robot path, based on the offline simulation, to identify a maximum load experienced during the simulation; tuning production robot program parameters to reduce the maximum load if the maximum load is not within a predefined limit; generating a test robot program to test the end effector and the object with the maximum load within the predefined limit; testing the end effector with the object online using the test robot program; repeating the tuning and testing until no objects are dropped during the testing; and operating the robot during production using tuned robot program parameters.
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