System and a method for programming an industrial robot

A computer based method for programming an industrial robot to perform work in a robot cell including a plurality of workstations, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of programming blocks, each of the programming blocks including robot code comprising program instructions for the robot to carry out a part of a task, and at least some of the programming blocks include program code comprising program instructions for generating a graphical user interface for guiding a user to program the part of the task,
• generating a first wizard including a first graphical user interface allowing a user to define a plurality of workstations and to select a sequence of said programming blocks for each of the defined workstations, and to define at least one specific robot cell including one or more of said defined workstations,
• receiving user inputs regarding selected sequences of said programming blocks for the defined workstations,
• storing the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and
• generating a guiding took for programming said at least one specific robot cell based on the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and the program code in the selected sequences of programming blocks for the defined workstations, wherein the guiding tool includes program code for generating a second wizard comprising a graphical user interface including a sequence of views including instructions for guiding a user to program the specific robot cell.

A computer program directly loadable into the internal memory of the computer or a processor, comprising software code portions for performing the steps of a computer based method for programming an industrial robot to perform work in a robot cell including a plurality of workstations when said program is running on one or more computers, the method comprising,

• providing a plurality of programming blocks, each of the programming blocks including robot code comprising program instructions for the robot to carry out a part of a task, and at least some of the programming blocks include program code comprising program instructions for generating a graphical user interface for guiding a user to program the part of the task,
• generating a first wizard including a first graphical user interface allowing a user to define a plurality of workstations and to select a sequence of said programming blocks for each of the defined workstations, and to define at least one specific robot cell including one or more of said defined workstations,
• receiving user inputs regarding selected sequences of said programming blocks for the defined workstations,
• storing the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and
• generating a guiding tool for programming said at least one specific robot cell based on the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and the program code in the selected sequences of programming blocks for the defined workstations, wherein the guiding tool includes program code for generating a second wizard comprising a graphical user interface including a sequence of views including instructions for guiding a user to program the specific robot cell.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program recorded thereon, when the program is to make one or more computers perform the steps of a computer based method for programming an industrial robot to perform work in a robot cell including a plurality of workstations, said program is running on the computer, and the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of programming blocks, each of the programming blocks including robot code comprising program instructions for the robot to carry out a part of a task, and at least some of the programming blocks include program code comprising program instructions for generating a graphical user interface for guiding a user to program the part of tire task,
• generating a first wizard including a first graphical user interface allowing a user to define a plurality of workstations and to select a sequence of said programming blocks for each of the defined workstations, and to define at least one specific robot cell including one or more of said defined workstations,
• receiving user inputs regarding selected sequences of said programming blocks for the defined workstations,
• storing the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and
• generating a guiding tool for programming said at least one specific robot cell based on the defined workstations of the specific robot cell, and the program code in the selected sequences of programming blocks for the defined workstations, wherein the guiding tool includes program code for generating a second wizard comprising a graphical user interface including a sequence of views including instructions for guiding a user to program the specific robot cell.