Method and Device for Providing Structured Indications of Noise Emissions from an Industrial Robot
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsJohan Ernlund, Roger Mellander
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Abstract
A method of indicating noise emissions of an industrial robot, including: obtaining at least one robot program containing commands to the industrial robot; obtaining a plurality of values of at least one robot-motion parameter; recording, for each of the values of the robot-motion parameter, an acoustic quantity indicative of noise emitted by the industrial robot while executing said at least one robot program; and displaying, by means of a graphical user interface on a visual display, a visualization of the acoustic quantity indicated as a function of the robot-motion parameter.
Claims20
A method of indicating noise emissions of an industrial robot, comprising:
- obtaining at least one robot program containing commands to the industrial robot;
- obtaining a plurality of values of at least one robot-motion parameter;
- recording, for each of the values of the robot-motion parameter, an acoustic quantity indicative of noise emitted by the industrial robot while executing said at least one robot program;
- and
- displaying, by means of a graphical user interface, a visualization of the acoustic quantity,
- characterized in that the visualization indicates the acoustic quantity as a function of the robot-motion parameter.
A method of designing a working environment including an industrial robot and an operator space, the method comprising:
- indicating noise emissions of an industrial robot, including:
- obtaining at least one robot program containing commands to the industrial robot;
- obtaining a plurality of values of at least one robot-motion parameter;
- recording, for each of the values of the robot-motion parameter, an acoustic quantity indicative of noise emitted by the industrial robot while executing said at least one robot program;
- and
- displaying, by means of a graphical user interface, a visualization of the acoustic quantity,
- characterized in that the visualization indicates the acoustic quantity as a function of the robot-motion parameter, to obtain an indication of the industrial robot's noise emissions;
- and
- locating the operator space relative to the industrial robot on the basis of said indication.
A device comprising memory, a visual display and processing circuitry configured to perform the method of indicating noise emissions of an industrial robot, including:
- obtaining at least one robot program containing commands to the industrial robot;
- obtaining a plurality of values of at least one robot-motion parameter;
- recording, for each of the values of the robot-motion parameter, an acoustic quantity indicative of noise emitted by the industrial robot while executing said at least one robot program;
- and
- displaying, by means of a graphical user interface, a visualization of the acoustic quantity,
- characterized in that the visualization indicates the acoustic quantity as a function of the robot-motion parameter.
A computer program comprising instructions to cause the device having memory, a visual display and processing circuitry configured to perform the method of indicating noise emissions of an industrial robot, including:
- obtaining at least one robot program containing commands to the industrial robot;
- obtaining a plurality of values of at least one robot-motion parameter;
- recording, for each of the values of the robot-motion parameter, an acoustic quantity indicative of noise emitted by the industrial robot while executing said at least one robot program;
- and
- displaying, by means of a graphical user interface, a visualization of the acoustic quantity,
- characterized in that the visualization indicates the acoustic quantity as a function of the robot-motion parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.