Siemens Industry Software Gmbh

Rahav Madvil

Moshe Hazan

Lisandro Embon

Dror Davidi

Gilles Velay

Gal Snir

Guy Barak

Yael Barak

A robotic program of an industrial robot is simulated. Inputs on a robotic program of a robot are received. The robotic program of the robot is represented with a neutral representation modeled with a neutral language. Specific code portions of the robotic program in the neutral representation are mapped with corresponding specific code portions of a native representation modeled with a native language of the at least one robot. The robot program in simulated in one of the neutral representation and the native representation. Corresponding code portions of the neutral representation and of the native representation of the robotic program are synchronized via the mapping.

Method and system for simulating a robotic program of an industrial robot

Systems and a method for calculating thickness values of a coating material applied by a coating gun on object surfaces in industrial processes include measuring, on real test surfaces, the thickness values of coating material samples applied by the coating gun on the real test surfaces. The measured thickness values are used to generate 3D virtual objects modeling the coating dispersions of the coating gun at given angles formed between the coating gun and the test surface. The thickness values of the coating material applied on the surface of a simulated object by a simulated gun at a certain angle are calculated by detecting the collision between the 3D virtual object mounted on the simulated coating gun and surface elements of the simulated object surface.

Calculating thicknesses of applied coating material

Methods for CAD, simulation, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving inputs including one or more of robot information, operation information, position information, and constraint information. The method includes generating a list of candidate positions of a robot. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining a time value of the candidate position and when the time value of the candidate position does not meet a threshold cycle time value, removing the candidate position. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining an energy consumption value of the candidate position. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining one or more of a rating and a ranking for the candidate position based on the time value and the energy consumption value. The method includes determining the optimal position of the robot based on the ranking of each candidate position.

Energy and cycle time efficiency based method for robot positioning

Systems and a method for anti-collision management of two or more robots with at least partially overlapping robotic movements are provided. The systems and method include receiving inputs from two or more single robots performing robotic operations along a trajectory defining for each robot a single swept volume. Discretized subswept volumes are created between robotic path locations for each single robot according to one or more discretization criteria such that the operation of each single robot moving along the known trajectory is controlled to allow synchronized execution of robotic operations. Only overlapping discretized subswept volumes are considered for synchronization. This enables focusing only on the relevant collision-prone areas. Deadlocks may be prevented by a look-ahead behavior. Smart synchronization methodology allows optimizing cycle time.

Anti-collision management of overlapping robotic movements

Systems and a method for robotic energy saving tool search. The systems and method include receiving inputs including one or more of robot information, tooling information, operation information, and position information. Using the information received, a list of tooling candidates of a robot required to complete one or more tasks for a complex operation and a task location for each of the one or more tasks in the complex operation is generated. Tooling candidate are then removed from the list of tooling candidates when the robot cannot reach every task location on a path required by the complex task. The path is adjusted to remove one or more collision events. The total energy consumption value for each remaining tooling candidate is calculated, and returning the tooling candidate with the lowest energy consumed.

Method for robotic energy saving tool search

Methods for saving energy and reducing cycle time by using optimal ordering of the industrial robotic path. A method includes receiving inputs including a complex operation, generating a plurality of task groups of the complex operation, calculating a group edge rating for each of a plurality of robotic movement edges between each of the plurality of task groups, calculating a candidate rating for each of a plurality of candidate paths, wherein the candidate rating comprises a summation of the group edge ratings for a candidate path, determining an optimal path comprising the candidate path with an optimal rating, wherein the optimal rating is determined by the lowest candidate rating, and returning the optimal path.

Method and apparatus for saving energy and reducing cycle time by optimal ordering of the industrial robotic path

Methods for automatic and efficient location generation for cooperative motion. A method includes receiving a cooperative operation comprising a master operation and the slave operation, simulating the slave operation to obtain a slave duration between consecutive slave locations and a trajectory time to perform the slave operation, populating a plurality of potential locations along the master trajectory, generating a plurality of candidate operations in a population, for each of the plurality of candidate operations in the population, simulating a candidate operation with the slave operation to calculate an efficiency factor to perform the candidate operation and removing the candidate operation from the population when the efficiency factor is not better compared to other candidate operations in the population and returning the candidate operation remaining in the population.

Method and apparatus for automatic and efficient location generation for cooperative motion

Methods for saving energy and reducing cycle time of a complex operation by using optimal robotic joint configurations. A method includes receiving inputs including the complex operation, generating a plurality of joint configurations of a simulated robot for each one of a plurality of task locations based on the inputs of the complex operation, calculating an edge rating for each of a plurality of robotic movements, wherein a robotic movement accounts for movement between joint configurations of consecutive task locations, calculating a plurality of candidate ratings for each of a plurality of candidate configuration paths, wherein a candidate rating is a summation of edge ratings of robotic movements for a candidate configuration path, determining an optimal configuration path based the candidate configuration path with an optimal rating, wherein the optimal rating is determined by the lowest candidate rating, and return the optimal configuration path.

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Rahav Madvil