Method, device, and computer-readable medium for mobile device management of collaborative industrial robot

A device for controlling a robot graphic user interface (“RGUI”), the device comprising:

• a memory containing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor, operably connected to the memory, that executes the instructions to perform a method comprising:
• determining a distance, a position, or both of the device with respect to a first robot;
• determining a first communication protocol between the device and the first robot;
• and
• causing a different RGUI to be displayed on a display of the device based on the determining the distance and the determining the first communication protocol, wherein the different RGUI comprise a first RGUI for a first near operating mode, a second RGUI for an intermediate operating mode, and a third RGUI for a far operating mode,
• wherein the different RGUI changes as one or more of the distance, the position, the first communication protocol of the device changes.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one electronic processor, cause the at least one electronic processor to perform a method of controlling a robot graphic user interface (“RGUI”) on a mobile device, the method comprising:

• determining a distance, a position, or both of the mobile device with respect to a first robot;
• determining a communication protocol between the mobile device and the first robot;
• and
• causing, by a processor, a different RGUI to be displayed on a display of the mobile device based on the determining the distance and the determining the communication protocol, wherein the different RGUI comprise a first RGUI for a first near operating mode, a second RGUI for an intermediate operating mode, and a third RGUI for a far operating mode,
• wherein the different RGUI changes as one or more of the distance, the position, the first communication protocol of the device changes.