Teach pendant change position touchup visualization

A method for robot position touchup data analysis, said method comprising:

• collecting touchup data for a plurality of robots, on a data collection device in communication with a controller of each of the robots, where the touchup data includes a plurality of touchups, each touchup being an operator-defined change to a tool center point position at a point in a motion program for one of the robots;
• displaying the touchup data, on a display device, upon request by a user, including displaying a vector depicting one or more of the touchups on a three-dimensional (3D) graph;
• analyzing the touchup data, on the data collection device, using an algorithm configured to determine if alert criteria have been met, where the alert criteria are defined in terms of touchup distance, direction and frequency of the touchups on individual robots;
• and
• sending an alert when the alert criteria have been met, where the alert lists which robot is affected and includes an indication that the affected robot may be experiencing mechanical wear which caused the touchup data to trigger the alert, and a description of which alert criteria were met.

A system for robot position touchup data analysis, said system comprising:

• a plurality of robots and robot controllers;
• and
• a computer having a processor and memory and in communication with the robot controllers, said computer being configured for:
• collecting touchup data for the robots, where the touchup data includes one or more touchups, each touchup being an operator-defined change to a tool center point position at a point in a motion program for one of the robots;
• displaying the touchup data, on a display device, upon request by a user;
• analyzing the touchup data to determine if alert criteria have been met, where the alert criteria are defined in terms of touchup distance, direction and frequency of the touchups on individual robots;
• and
• sending an alert when the alert criteria have been met, where the alert includes an indication that the affected robot may be experiencing mechanical wear which caused the touchup data to trigger the alert, and a description of which alert criteria were met.