Robot control apparatus for monitoring load on robot

Abstract

A robot control apparatus in which a load exerted on a driving system of a robot is detected to make it easy to judge a time for preventive maintenance or overhaul, and life of the robot driving system. A driving torque Ta outputted to the driving system is found by subtracting a torque which is spent in a motor itself for accelerating or decelerating a rotor from an output torque T of a motor M for driving each axis of the robot. Further, an average torque of the driving torque Ta and an average speed of an output shaft of the motor M are found and displayed. An average torque of an output torque of a speed reducer and an average speed of an output shaft of the speed reducer are obtained, and, based on these values, the life of the speed reducer is determined. Then a ratio of the determined life to a rated life is obtained and displayed. An actual load exerted on the driving system is monitored, so that the time for the preventive maintenance or overhaul, and life of the driving system is easily judged. Also, the life of the speed reducer is easily predicted.

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