Computer aided application program synthesis for industrial robots

Today overall performance of application programs for robot in manufacturing systems and the time required for program generation is strongly dependent on the individual motivation and qualification of the programmer. Due to the robot system inherent complexity and the limited human ability only sub-optimal solutions can be reached even by highly qualified operators. In future adequate computer aided methods and tools are required to improve the quality of the process execution planning. The paper presents a concept for computer aided robot program synthesis based on a set of tools which support the human operator during the task execution planning. The concept is based on off-line programming concepts and system architectures. The concept includes that the tasks of the operator are stepwise taken over by intelligent system modules. Examples of solutions for specific planning tasks are presented.