Robotic Code Generation for Flexible Multi-Product Manufacturing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The conventional robotic manufacturing process is complex and time-consuming, requiring extensive design, verification, and optimization phases, often taking several years to bring a product from design to production, with limited flexibility in adapting to changes or producing multiple products in a factory.
Innovation Solution
An automated Design Flow manufacturing process that allows real-time modification of product design, technology, and manufacturing processes, using computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) to automate design verification, testing, and planning, providing immediate feedback and optimizing production methods based on available factory capabilities and resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If manual planning is used for manufacturing process design, then expertise and control are maintained, but preparation time before production becomes very long
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical planning processes with an automated computer-based system that uses algorithms to generate manufacturing processes. The system substitutes human expert manual work with automated computational methods, dramatically reducing preparation time while managing complexity through software automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The manufacturing process design system performs self-service by automatically generating process plans without requiring extensive manual intervention. The automated system serves its own function of creating manufacturing processes, eliminating the need for prolonged manual planning phases while maintaining quality through algorithmic optimization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional manufacturing processes are used, then production stability is maintained, but flexibility to produce multiple products is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic manufacturing processes that can adapt in real-time based on product requirements. The system allows manufacturing processes to change dynamically between different products without requiring complete reconfiguration, enabling both flexibility and maintained productivity through automated adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The manufacturing system is designed with universal capabilities to handle multiple product types using the same equipment and processes. The automated system provides multi-functionality by generating appropriate manufacturing processes for different products on the same production line, maintaining efficiency while enabling versatility.
3Manufacturing precision
If extensive design verification and optimization phases are conducted, then product quality is improved, but time to market increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-planning and pre-optimizing manufacturing processes during the design phase using automated systems. The system conducts necessary verification and optimization in advance through algorithmic processes, reducing the need for lengthy post-design verification while maintaining quality standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated manufacturing system implements continuous feedback loops that provide real-time information about process quality and deviations. This enables rapid detection and correction of issues during production, maintaining high manufacturing precision without requiring extended verification phases, thus reducing time to market.
Data Source
AI summary
The system performs a process for creating robotic control code for manufacturing products. A Designer UI displays virtual parts and receives inputs for processing and assembling the virtual parts that are required to create a virtual product. The designer identifies options for processing and assembling the virtual parts which are displayed on the user interface. The robot abilities and the options are selected to optimize a metric of the product manufacturing. The inventive toolset produces the robot control codes for performing a sequence of robotic abilities with the selected options to product the product. The robot control codes are used by a simulator which manipulates virtual robots and virtual parts to create a virtual product to check the robot control code. The verified robot control code is used to control real robots to create the product.