The case study of new approach to robot programming and layout design by supporting virtual and augmented reality

Abstract

In currently designed robotic systems, great emphasis is focused to optimal choice of the appropriate position (smart place) of a particular type of industrial robot. Depending on the chosen application, whether it is a handling, technological or assembly operation, it is very important to choose a suitable type of robot and end effector. Many problems in actually deployed production systems arise from the inappropriately chosen kinematic structure of an industrial robot, where either the robot cannot achieve the required production cycle, or its size or load capacity is incorrectly selected for a given type of the operation, or in some cases the robot does not achieve all required robot targets of the future robotic workplace. In the currently available methods of designing future robotic systems, the pre-production phase of designing and creating various robotic simulations scenarios a very important role in order to verify the robot’s reachability to the required positions, as well as eliminate possible collisions states with different peripherals, etc.. This article aims to point out to the new possibilities of deploying modern technologies in the form of the use of virtual and augmented reality in the chosen case study. The authors aim to show and verify in the VR and AR environment the suitability of the selected type of industrial robot for the selected operation, to simulate and validate the proposed robotic trajectories as well as the final robotic Pick and Place operation for the selected case study.