Robot Teaching Point Interface for Windowed Command Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robot control systems lack an intuitive method for displaying commands corresponding to multiple teaching points, making it difficult for users to understand and edit robot operations effectively.
Innovation Solution
A control device with a storage unit, display control unit, and accepting unit that displays a virtual robot and teaching points in a simulator screen, allowing users to select a teaching point and view corresponding commands in a first window, which can be displayed in flowchart or program language format, and edited within an editing window.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a large number of teaching points are displayed in the simulator screen, then the robot work program can be comprehensively represented, but it becomes difficult to intuitively display and select commands for arbitrary teaching points
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display area into multiple windows, with each window showing commands for a specific teaching point. When a teaching point is selected, its corresponding commands are displayed in a dedicated window, separating the information display from the teaching point selection interface. This segmentation allows comprehensive command information to be presented without cluttering the teaching point selection area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional flat display to a three-dimensional windowed interface. By introducing windows that can be positioned and layered on the simulator screen, the system creates an additional spatial dimension for organizing command information. This allows multiple teaching points and their commands to be displayed simultaneously without overlapping or cluttering the basic simulator view.
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AI summary
A control device includes: a storage unit storing a work program of a robot; a display control unit displaying a virtual robot formed by virtualizing the robot and a teaching point in a simulator screen at a display unit, based on the work program stored in the storage unit; and an accepting unit accepting a selection of the teaching point displayed in the simulator screen. The display control unit displays, in the simulator screen, a first window including a first command corresponding to the selected teaching point, when the accepting unit accepts the selection of the teaching point.