Method and system for enabling inspecting an industrial robotic simulation at a crucial virtual time interval

A data processing system for a robotic simulation platform configured to simulate an industrial scene with plurality of robots, the data processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• an accessible memory, the data processing system being configured to:
• receive for each robot of a plurality of robots, a set of crucial robotic locations within its own robotic space;
• associate with each set of crucial robotic locations a set of corresponding crucial robotic time points collected during a simulation of the industrial scene executed by the robotic simulation platform;
• represent each crucial robotic location set via a three-dimensional (3D) graphic object positionable in the corresponding robotic space on a graphical user interface (GUI) screen, the graphic object being referred to as a robotic slider and the robotic slider being configured to receive a user selection of a crucial robotic location;
• enable receiving a selection of a crucial robotic location of a specific robot via an interaction with a corresponding robotic slider;
• and
• upon receiving a selected crucial robotic location, enable jumping the 3D graphical representation of the simulated scene to the crucial robotic time point associated with the selected crucial robotic location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more data processing systems to:

• receive, for each robot of a plurality of robots, a set of crucial robotic locations within its own robotic space;
• associate with each set of crucial robotic locations, a set of corresponding crucial robotic time points collected during a simulation of the industrial scene executed by a robotic simulation platform;
• represent each set of crucial robotic locations via a three-dimensional (3D) graphic object positionable in a corresponding robotic space on a graphical user interface (GUI) screen, the object being a robotic slider that is configured to receive a user selection of a crucial robotic location;
• enable receiving a selection of a crucial robotic location of a specific robot via an interaction with a corresponding robotic slider;
• and
• upon receiving a selected crucial robotic location, enable jumping the 3D graphical representation of the simulated scene to a crucial robotic time point associated with the selected crucial robotic location.