Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling an industrial robot and, more particularly, to a method for reducing thermal influencing variables, whereby reference measuring points are arranged in the working area of the robot, which are traversed by the robot. The actual data of the reference measuring points is processed by a computer with the purpose of obtaining correction data that is fed to the control electronics of the robot. According to the invention, an error model is configured that corrects thermal positioning and/or orientation errors without having to determine the actual temperature on the robot.
Abstract:
A method in an industrial robot for increasing the accuracy in the movements of the robot, where a tool supported by the robot is brought to adopt a plurality of positions generated by the control system, which are each determined by a measuring system, whereby a deviation between the generated position and the position determined by the measuring system is introduced as a correction in the control system for adjusting the movement. The generated positions and the positions determined by the measuring system, respectively, are adapted to form a first path an a second path, respectively, whereby the correction is determined by a path deviation between geometrically calculated positions in the respective path.
Abstract:
Large machines, especially those having working envelopes in excess of fifteen feet, exhibit unacceptable errors because of thermal expansion and mechanical misalignments between the axes. The errors have traditionally been minimized by enclosing the machine in a thermal enclosure, by careful calibration, or by mounting a laser interferometer on each axis. These solutions are costly, may require frequent recalibration, and do not correct for small rotations of one axis relative to another axis due to wear etc. The present invention uses an interferometric laser tracker or a comparable 3D position sensor to measure the position of a retroflector attached to the end effector, e.g. a machine head when the machine comes to rest. A computer compares the measured position to the desired position according to the machine media, and adds the appropriate correction with trickle feed media statements to move the machine to the correct position prior to further machining.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a robotic manipulator with a stationary base, and an end effector actuated by the robotic manipulator, wherein the end effector is adjacent to a workpiece. A scanning laser head unit includes a laser and an optical train configured to move a laser beam over the workpiece. A control unit is configured to move the robotic manipulator such that movement of the end effector tracks movement of the laser beam.
Abstract:
The robotic work object cell calibration system includes a calibration device that emits a pair of beam-projecting lasers acting as a crosshair, intersecting at a tool contact point. The calibration device also emits four plane-projecting lasers, which are used to adjust the yaw, pitch, and roll of the robot tool relative to the tool contact point. Initially, the calibration device is placed in a selected position on a fixture or work piece on the shop floor. The robotic work object cell calibration method increases the accuracy of the off-line programming and decreases robot teaching time. The robotic work object cell calibration system and method are simpler, involve a lower investment cost, entail lower operating costs than the prior art, and can be used for different robot tools on a shop floor without having to perform a recalibration for each robot tool.
Abstract:
Device for controlling the geometry of a mechanical structure comprised of a plurality of interconnected rigid elements by means of an optical skeleton (A, B, C) which is formed of a light beam (24) which travels through the elements (10, 12, 14) of the structure, and photodetector means (28, 32, 36, 40, 42 46) which are associated to elements of the structure and to which are directed fractions of the light beam (24). The invention applies to moving structures such as robots or manipulator arms, as well as to fixed structures.
Abstract:
Eine erfindungsgemäße robotergeführte Messanordnung umfasst ein Messgerät (1) mit wenigstens drei Erfassungsmitteln (A, B, C) zur Erfassung einer Position eines passiven Markers (Ρ 1 ,..., P 9 ), die in einem gemeinsamen Gehäuse (1.1) des Messgeräts drehbar sind, und mit einem gemeinsamen Steuermittel (1.2) zum Steuern dieser Erfassungsmittel, einen Referenzkörper (2) mit wenigstens drei nicht kollinearen, durch die Erfassungsmitteln erfassbaren passiven Marker (P 1 ,..., P 9 ), und einen Roboter (3), der eines von dem Messgerät und dem Referenzkörper führt.
Abstract:
The robotic work object cell calibration system includes a calibration device that emits a pair of beam-projecting lasers acting as a crosshair, intersecting at a tool contact point. The calibration device also emits four plane-projecting lasers, which are used to adjust the yaw, pitch, and roll of the robot tool relative to the tool contact point. Initially, the calibration device is placed in a selected position on a fixture or work piece on the shop floor. The robotic work object cell calibration method increases the accuracy of the off-line programming and decreases robot teaching time. The robotic work object cell calibration system and method are simpler, involve a lower investment cost, entail lower operating costs than the prior art, and can be used for different robot tools on a shop floor without having to perform a recalibration for each robot tool.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling an industrial robot and, more particularly, to a method for reducing thermal influencing variables, whereby reference measuring points are arranged in the working area of the robot, which are traversed by the robot. The actual data of the reference measuring points is processed by a computer with the purpose of obtaining correction data that is fed to the control electronics of the robot. According to the invention, an error model is configured that corrects thermal positioning and/or orientation errors without having to determine the actual temperature on the robot.