Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Robot System

An apparatus for monitoring a robot system, the robot system comprising a robot arm for processing at least one object, the apparatus comprising:

• a first obtaining unit configured to obtain an arm position of the robot arm from a controller of the robot arm;
• a second obtaining unit configured to obtain an object position of one of the at least one object from object data collected by a camera device;
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• a monitoring unit configured to monitor the robot system by displaying a virtual representation of the robot arm and a virtual representation of the object based on the obtained arm position and the object position, respectively.

A system for monitoring a robot system, the robot system comprising a robot arm for processing at least one object, the robot system comprising:

• a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, the memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:
• obtaining an arm position of the robot arm from a controller of the robot arm;
• obtaining an object position of one of the at least one object from object data collected by a camera device;
• and
• monitoring the robot system by displaying a virtual representation of the robot arm and a virtual representation of the object based on the obtained arm position and the object position, respectively.

A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for monitoring a robot system, the robot system comprising a robot arm for processing at least one object, the method comprising:

• obtaining an arm position of the robot arm from a controller of the robot arm;
• obtaining an object position of one of the at least one object from object data collected by a camera device;
• and
• monitoring the robot system by displaying a virtual representation of the robot arm and a virtual representation of the object based on the obtained arm position and the object position, respectively.

A robot monitoring system, comprising:

• a robot system comprising a robot arm for processing at least one object;
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• an apparatus for monitoring the robot system comprising:
• a first obtaining unit configured to obtain an arm position of the robot arm from a controller of the robot arm;
• a second obtaining unit configured to obtain an object position of one of the at least one object from object data collected by a camera device;
• and
• a monitoring unit configured to monitor the robot system by displaying a virtual representation of the robot arm and a virtual representation of the object based on the obtained arm position and the object position, respectively.