Robot Teaching Interface for Editing Motion Parameters

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing teaching apparatuses for robots complicate the editing and correction of specific motion parameters like position, velocity, and acceleration, as these parameters are mixed within a single input motion program, making it difficult for operators to efficiently edit or correct individual items.

Innovation Solution

A teaching apparatus with a display unit that separates motion commands into a command display area, an extraction display area, and a settings input area, allowing operators to extract and display specific motion commands related to position, velocity, or acceleration information, facilitating easier editing and correction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If motion commands are displayed in a single mixed list, then all parameters are visible in one place, but editing and correcting specific items becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisibility of motion commandsVSAvoidediting and correction of motion commands
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple display areas: a command display area showing all motion commands, and a detail display area showing specific parameters (position, velocity, acceleration) of selected commands. This segmentation allows operators to view comprehensive information while easily accessing and editing specific parameters without sifting through all commands.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If all motion command parameters are displayed together, then complete information is available, but finding specific parameters becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of motion command informationVSAvoidfinding specific motion parameters
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

Specific motion command parameters (position, velocity, acceleration) are extracted from the overall command list and displayed separately in the detail display area. When an operator selects a specific motion command, its relevant parameters are extracted and shown in detail, making it easy to find and edit specific parameters without searching through the entire command set.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11577381B2Teaching apparatus, robot system, and teaching program
Publication Date: 2023.02.14 SEIKO EPSON CORP
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AI summary

A teaching apparatus includes a display unit that displays a command display area in which a plurality of input motion commands of a robot are displayed, an extraction display area in which at least one motion command extracted from the plurality of motion commands displayed in the command display area is displayed, and a settings input area in which details of the extracted motion command are set, and a display control unit that controls actuation of the display unit, wherein the display control unit extracts and displays a motion command related to one of position information, velocity information, and acceleration information of the robot out of the plurality of motion commands displayed in the command display area in the extraction display area.