Robot Energy Supply Chain Track Segmentation
Solution Overview
Problem
In existing robot arrangements for paint cabins, energy supply chains on traversing rails often collide, limiting the movement play of associated robots due to shared tracks.
Innovation Solution
The energy supply chains assigned to robots on the same traversing rail run in separate tracks, allowing for individual or shared tracks for each supply chain, which can be vertically separated or oriented differently to prevent collisions and enhance movement flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If energy supply chains are arranged in shared tracks on traversing rails, then device complexity is reduced, but movement play of robots is limited due to collisions between energy supply chains
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the shared track into multiple separate tracks, with each energy supply chain assigned to its own dedicated track. This segmentation prevents collisions between energy supply chains while maintaining an organized and manageable structure, resolving the contradiction between device complexity and robot movement freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces vertical separation by arranging energy supply chains at different heights above the traversing rail. By utilizing the vertical dimension, multiple energy supply chains can coexist without colliding, thereby increasing robot movement play without significantly increasing horizontal space requirements or overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate tracks are provided for each energy supply chain, then robot movement play is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate tracks into a coordinated system where tracks are positioned closely together and managed as an integrated structure. This merging approach maintains the benefits of separate tracks for preventing collisions while presenting a unified, manageable configuration that does not excessively increase device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging tracks in the vertical dimension rather than only horizontally, the patent achieves separation of energy supply chains with minimal increase in overall system footprint. This vertical arrangement provides clear separation for robot movement while keeping the track structure compact and manageable.
3Adaptability or versatility
If energy supply chains are vertically separated, then collisions are prevented and movement flexibility is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension to arrange energy supply chains at different heights above the traversing rail. This approach naturally prevents collisions between chains while providing enhanced movement flexibility for robots. The vertical arrangement is implemented through a systematic structure that manages complexity through regular spacing and standardized support mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A robot arrangement, for example for a painting booth, and exemplary methods associated with the same, are disclosed. An exemplary robot arrangement may comprise a displacement rail, a plurality of robots, such as painting robots or handling robots, which can be displaced along the displacement rail, and a plurality of energy supply chains. The energy supply chains may supply one of the robots each, and may be associated with said robot, and each of the energy supply chains may run along the displacement rail in a particular track. The energy supply chains which are associated with the robots on the same displacement rail may run in discrete tracks.