Optimal Robot Workpiece Placement for Maximized Repeatability
September 4, 2022·
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Jan Baumgärtner
Philipp Gönnheimer
Jürgen Fleischer
Abstract
When choosing an industrial robot, repeatability is often one of the most important decision factors. But repeatability is not a global property, instead, it strongly depends on the robot’s workspace position. This is currently ignored in robot cell planning leading to a loss of actual repeatability. This paper not only quantifies this loss but presents a new algorithm that finds the optimal position of a workpiece such that repeatability is optimized. The predictions of this algorithm are verified using digital twin simulations on different robots which show up to nine times higher repeatability than with the unoptimized position.
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In Advances in System-Integrated Intelligence (SYSINT 2022), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, pp. 252-261, Springer
Authors
Head of Research Industrial Robotics & Scientific Coordinator of CRC 1574
Hi I am Jan! I am a researcher working at the intersection of robotics and manufacturing. My work focuses on intelligent robotic manufacturing systems, where reconfigurable hardware and autonomous reasoning systems meet to enable autonomous and circular production. I also coordinate the Industrial Robotics research at wbk Institute of Production Science, KIT, as well as the Collaborative Research Centre 1574 Circular Factory for the Perpetual Innovative Product.