I. Industrial Robot Technology: Overall Machine Technology
In the field of intelligent manufacturing, industrial robots, as automated equipment integrating multiple advanced technologies, embody the high efficiency and hardware-software integration characteristics of modern industrial technology, becoming an important component of modern manufacturing systems such as flexible manufacturing systems, automated factories, and smart factories. The application of robot technology has transformed traditional mechanical manufacturing models, improved manufacturing efficiency, and provided technological support for the intelligent development of the machinery manufacturing industry; it has optimized manufacturing processes, enabled the construction of fully automated intelligent production lines, and provided favorable environmental conditions for modular manufacturing operations, meeting the production needs and development demands of modern manufacturing.
Complete robot technology refers to robot technologies aimed at improving the reliability and control performance of industrial robot products, increasing the load-to-weight ratio of industrial robots, and achieving serialized design and mass production of industrial robots. It mainly includes: body optimization design technology, robot serialized standardized design technology, robot mass production manufacturing technology, rapid calibration and error correction technology, and robot system software platforms. Body optimization design technology is a representative technology among these.
Robot body optimization design technology refers to the technique of optimizing the design and performance evaluation of the robot body. In some high-speed, heavy-load applications in modern industrial production, it is necessary to ensure the motion accuracy and smoothness of the industrial robot during processing. Therefore, during the design and development of the industrial robot's body structure, its inertial and structural parameters must be continuously optimized to achieve a reasonable distribution of the mechanism's mass and stiffness, resulting in good dynamic performance of the entire industrial robot. The basic process is as follows: First, design the mechanical structure of the industrial robot according to production requirements, establish a body structure model using 3D software, and perform virtual assembly; then, use computer simulation technology to perform kinematic and dynamic simulation analysis of the robot, analyzing various performance aspects; finally, use methods such as finite element analysis to optimize the structure, achieving lightweighting of the robot and improving its dynamic performance.
In terms of lightweight design of the main body structure, the main focus is on the application of new materials, new processes and structural optimization theories; in terms of modular design of the main body structure, the main focus is on the selection and combination of various mechanisms.
II. Industrial Robot Simulation Software
(1) CAD Import. RobotStudio can easily import data in various CAD formats, such as IGES, VRML, VDAFS, ACIS, and CATIA. By using highly accurate 3D model data, industrial robot programmers can generate more precise programs.
(2) Automatic path generation. This is RobotStudio's most time-saving feature. Using the CAD model of the part to be processed, the required positions for the industrial robot can be automatically generated in minutes. If done manually, this task could take hours or even days. (3) Automatic reachability analysis. This feature allows operators to move the robot or workpiece flexibly, reaching virtually any position. The work cell layout can be verified and optimized in just a few minutes.
(4) Collision detection. In RobotStudio, this is used to verify and confirm whether the industrial robot may collide with surrounding equipment during its movement, in order to ensure the usability of the program generated by the offline programming of the industrial robot.
(5) Online operation. Use RobotStudio to connect with real robots to effectively monitor, modify programs, set parameters, transfer files, and perform backup and restore operations on industrial robots, making debugging and maintenance work more convenient.
(6) Simulation. Based on the design, the motion simulation and cycle time of the industrial robot are carried out in RobotStudio to provide the most realistic verification for the implementation of the project.
(7) Application Function Packages. Powerful function packages are available for different applications, which enable industrial robots to be better integrated with process applications.
(8) Secondary development. A powerful secondary development platform is provided, which enables industrial robots to realize more possibilities and meet the various production and research needs of industrial robots.
