US 9,922,144 B2 · Energy and cycle time efficiency based method for robot positioning

Abstract

Methods for CAD, simulation, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving inputs including one or more of robot information, operation information, position information, and constraint information. The method includes generating a list of candidate positions of a robot. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining a time value of the candidate position and when the time value of the candidate position does not meet a threshold cycle time value, removing the candidate position. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining an energy consumption value of the candidate position. The method includes, for each candidate position, determining one or more of a rating and a ranking for the candidate position based on the time value and the energy consumption value. The method includes determining the optimal position of the robot based on the ranking of each candidate position.

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Dependent claims

A method for product data management, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising:

receiving inputs including one or more of robot information, operation information, position information, and constraint information;
generating a list of candidate positions of a robot based on the robot information and the position information;
for each candidate position, determining a time value of the candidate position and when the time value of the candidate position does not meet a threshold cycle time value, removing the candidate position from the list of candidate positions;
for each candidate position, determining an energy consumption value of the candidate position;
for each candidate position, determining one or more of a rating and a ranking for the candidate position based on the time value and the energy consumption value;
determining an optimal position of the robot based on the ranking of each candidate position;
and
positioning the robot in the optimal position.

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A data processing system comprising:

a processor;
and
an accessible memory, the data processing system particularly configured to:
receive inputs including one or more of robot information, operation information, position information, and constraint information;
generate a list of candidate positions of a robot based on the robot information and the position information;
for each candidate position, determine a time value of the candidate position and when the time value of the candidate position does not meet a threshold cycle time value, remove the candidate position from the list of candidate positions;
for each candidate position, determine an energy consumption value of the candidate position;
for each candidate position, determine one or more of a rating and a ranking for the candidate position based on the time value and the energy consumption value;
determine an optimal position of the robot based on the ranking of each candidate position;
and
cause the robot to be positioned in the optimal position.

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

receive inputs including one or more of robot information, operation information, position information, and constraint information;
generate a list of candidate positions of a robot based on the robot information and the position information;
for each candidate position, determine a time value of the candidate position and when the time value of the candidate position does not meet a threshold cycle time value, remove the candidate position from the list of candidate positions;
for each candidate position, determine an energy consumption value of the candidate position;
for each candidate position, determine one or more of a rating and a ranking for the candidate position based on the time value and the energy consumption value;
determine an optimal position of the robot based on the ranking of each candidate position;
and
cause the robot to be positioned in the optimal position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Energy and cycle time efficiency based method for robot positioning

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Energy and cycle time efficiency based method for robot positioning

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