Design assisting device and design assisting method

Abstract

This design assisting device for assisting safety design of a work system including a robot comprises: a model display processing unit that displays, on a predetermined display screen, a three-dimensional model in which the robot and surrounding objects are placed in a virtual space; a sensor display processing unit that displays a safety sensor in the three-dimensional model such that the safety sensor is placed in a position and orientation based on a placement instruction provided by a designer, the safety sensor monitoring the surroundings of the robot; and an area display processing unit that displays, in the three-dimensional model, a detection area of the safety sensor placed in the three-dimensional model.

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