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ABB RobotStudio VirtualRobotTM Technology

Theo du Plooy, ABB Technology day, May 2014

RobotStudio - true offline programming

“RobotStudio is the easy-to-use, low cost software for visualization and offline programming of ABB robots”

“It is the tool you need to maximize your productivity”

ABB Robotics 34 years of offline programming

1981:

First PC-based offline programming product

1989:

3D offline programming product

1992:

Virtual Robot Technology invented

1998:

First release of RobotStudio

VirtualRobotTM Technology

VirtualRobot is an exact copy of the IRC5 controller

Robot programs and configuration parameters can easily be transferred between robots and PC

VirtualRobotTM Technology True Offline Programming

Time Quality Cost

Four phases of a robot system

Proposal

Design

Start-up

Production

Benefits during all four phases In the proposal stage you can develop a common view with all

stakeholders so that there are no surprises and the capabilities of the system are well known before significant investment is made.

During the design stage the system can be easily verified in the virtual world.

In the startup stage you can program the robots faster whilst ensuring quality.

Finally, in the production stage, you can continue to produce products in the real world while programs for any new products are written in the virtual world.

Benefits during proposal phase

Able to do a reach study to ensure that the correct equipment is proposed.

Very accurate cycle times can be predicted to verify the desired output.

Saves you time and effort to sell the concept to management for Capex approvals.

Cost Time

Benefits during design phase

Able to verify designs of grippers and fixtures with the mechanism modeler functionality of Robotstudio.

Check and fix possible collisions in the virtual world.

Process specific applications will be pre programmed with the use of the Power Pacs.

Cost Time Quality

Benefits during start-up phase

Quick to download and test programs.

No surprises.

Process specific applications will already be taken care of.

Cost Time Quality

Benefits during production phase

No need to stop production to introduce new programs.

On-line capability.

Excellent training tool.

Cost Time Quality

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“One of the biggest barriers to adoption of robotics in any industry is the perceived complexity of robotic systems and programming.”

Limited training required

Create path based on geometry models

Robot configuration is checked

Robot singularity is checked

Path verification and simulation

Synchronize and save programs as RAPID

On-line capability

RobotStudio changing this perception

PowerPacs

RobotStudio ArcWelding PowerPac A geometry based off-line

programming tool for generating arc welding programs

Create/save process templates

Virtual Arc

Contain functions to: Create/save process

templates

Generate paths and targets based on geometry features

Robot configuration on a whole path

Path exporting/importing

Multi-Move programming

Predicted Weld Profile Real Weld Profile

What can RobotStudio do for me?

Improve the comprehension of proposals!

Reduce the risk for costly mistakes!

Reduce cost of programming!

Benefit from a quicker start up!

From six months to six days…

Situation: Contract manufacturer plasma

spraying details to make them heat-resistant

Online programming had been going on for half a year

The customer did not approve the part quality

Benefits: Higher part quality

With RobotStudio the CAD data was utilized to quickly generate a very accurate program

Cut programming time A new program was created with RobotStudio in half a day Reachability

RobotStudio showed that the robot could be placed in a better position in relation to the part

System integrator - improved comprehension

Situation: A system integrator is quoting

a robot system Before presenting the offer to the

customer a simulation was built in RobotStudio

RobotStudio showed that the robot could not reach as required

Benefit: Improved comprehension.

The realistic simulation prevented a costly mistake

Subcontractor - cut time-to-market

Situation: Automotive subcontractor that needed

to shorten time-to-market and increase the product quality

Benefits: Cut time-to-market by 50% when

using RobotStudio for more exact robot programs

Cut programming time 50% programming offline compared to online

“RobotStudio is very easy to work with and very exact”, says Max Mortensen, Core Process Responsible at Fuel Tech.

Small company - cut programming time

Situation: Small company welding and cutting bullet

traps for shooting ranges

Benefits: Reduced risk

RobotStudio can project the cycle time for each component, so bigger and more complicated projects can be planned.

Cut programming time Torsten has become a better robot

programmer, he dares to test different solutions in RobotStudio

“RobotStudio cuts programming time by 50%”, says Torsten Werner, CEO at Comtri.

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