Review: Recent progress on programming methods for industrial robots

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1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "Recent progress on programming methods for industrial robots" ?

2. What is the post processing stage of a robot?

3. What is the way to extract robot position tags from CAD data?

4. What is the common task for an industrial robot?

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This paper provides a comprehensive review of the recent research progresses on the programming methods for industrial robots, including online programming, offline programming ( OLP ), and programming using Augmented Reality ( AR ).

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The post processing stage includes adding necessary I/O control signals for equipment in the work cell, smoothing and fine tuning the path if necessary, and conversion to the program language of the specific robot target.

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OLP software is available that provides built-in functions to generate tags from features, such as corners and edges, from CAD data.

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Welding (mainly arc welding) and machining (mainly deburring), are the most widely investigated processes due to the fact that welding is the most common task for an industrial robot and machining is considered as a potential challenging application for an industrial robot.

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While OLP software providers emphasise on making the OLP package more powerful, modular, and flexible to reduce secondary development for specific applications, academic researchers have dedicated attention to improved process planning algorithms and have developed a few OLP software package using open source technology.

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Two major functions provided by the commercial available force controller make the entire programming process collision free and automatic.

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the development of computational platforms that allow for their precise modelling, and close to real-life simulation of their behaviour, constitute a fundamental tool for robot designers, users, and students of the field.

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The advantage of generic packages is that they are more flexible for hardware from different manufacturers and often link to product lifecycle management (PLM) packages to provide production line optimisation.

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It may take a few weeks to generate tags for the hundreds of seams inside a vehicle hull, including both accurate position and proper orientation.

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The robot operator programming a robot using a lead-through method is responsible for guiding the robot and maintaining the desired position and orientation of the robot in six degree-of-freedoms (DOFs).

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Using assistant teaching devices usually means introducing additional sensors and calibration procedures to an already very complex robotic system.

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Due to the high cost and limited accessibility of commercial OLP software, a number of researchers have developed alternative OLP software.

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The structured light scanning system consists of an analogue camera, laser line generator and driven linear slide to provide scanning motion for the camera and laser.

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Online programming methods using more intuitive human-machine interfaces (HMI) and sensory information have been proposed from several institutions.

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As the accuracy of the final program is determined by the robot force controller and does not rely on the skill of the robot operator, a 3D robot path with higher accuracy can be generated automatically.

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both software packages have the feature of Virtual Reality which allows the user to be fully immerged into the simulation environment.

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Due to the costs and the complexity, the advantages of OLP are not sufficient for the use of this technology in the manufacturing operations of SMEs.

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1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "Recent progress on programming methods for industrial robots" ?

2. What is the post processing stage of a robot?

3. What is the way to extract robot position tags from CAD data?

4. What is the common task for an industrial robot?

5. What are the main advantages of OLP?

6. What is the main function of the robot force controller?

7. What is the main reason why robots are considered as a fundamental tool?

8. What is the advantage of generic packages?

9. How long does it take to generate tags for a vehicle hull?

10. What is the role of the robot operator in a lead-through method?

11. What is the main reason for using assistant teaching devices?

12. Why have researchers developed alternative OLP software?

13. What is the structure of the light scanning system?

14. What are the recent research efforts on assisted online programming?

15. What is the main advantage of the robot force controller?

16. What is the advantage of OLP software packages?

17. Why are the advantages of OLP not sufficient for the use of this technology in the manufacturing operations?

Citations

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Substantial capabilities of robotics in enhancing industry 4.0 implementation

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Recent Advances in Smart Wearable Sensing Systems

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References

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