Robot Polishing Teaching Interface Using Color-Coded Point Parameters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing teaching support devices for robots struggle to clearly display teaching information at multiple teaching points, making it difficult for operators to understand and manage the teaching process effectively.
Innovation Solution
A teaching support device that includes a teaching point acquisition section to obtain information about multiple teaching points, a polishing parameter acquisition section to gather information about polishing parameters at these points, and a display control section that displays teaching points with colors based on the polishing parameters, allowing them to overlap with the object.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If teaching information is displayed for multiple teaching points, then the completeness of teaching information is improved, but the readability and ease of understanding deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color coding to teaching points based on their polishing parameters. Each teaching point is displayed with a color corresponding to its polishing parameter value, enabling operators to quickly grasp the status and characteristics of multiple teaching points at a glance. This visual encoding transforms numerical or textual parameter data into intuitive color indicators, resolving the contradiction between showing complete information and maintaining readability.
2Measurement precision
If detailed polishing parameters are displayed for each teaching point, then the measurement precision of teaching information is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential polishing parameter information from each teaching point and represents it through color coding rather than displaying complete numerical data. This extraction approach maintains the critical information needed for precise teaching while simplifying the overall display system, avoiding the complexity that would arise from showing all detailed parameters for each teaching point simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the polishing parameter data from its original numerical form into a visual parameter representation through color mapping. This parameter transformation changes the state of the information from detailed numerical values to simplified color indicators, maintaining measurement precision through the color-code relationship while reducing display complexity.
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AI summary
A teaching support device configured to perform teaching to a robot which has a robot arm a tip of which is attached with a polishing tool, and which controls the robot arm with force control to perform a polishing task on an object includes a teaching point acquisition section configured to obtain information related to a plurality of teaching points set to the object, a polishing parameter acquisition section configured to obtain information related to a polishing parameter of the polishing task at the plurality of teaching points obtained by the teaching point acquisition section, and a display control section configured to display the teaching point out of the plurality of teaching points with a color based on the polishing parameter obtained by the polishing parameter acquisition section so as to overlap the object.