Roboticasimulatiesoftware is een begrip binnen de industriële digitalisering en programmatie & aansturing productiemiddelen.
Definitie
Roboticasimulatiesoftware is een virtual environment waar industriële robots, werkstukken en productieomgevingen worden gemodelleerd voor offline programming, path optimization, collision detection en cycle time analysis. Het enables risk-free robot programming en validation zonder production downtime.
Kenmerken
- 3D environment modeling: Accurate virtual representation van work cells, fixtures, parts
- Robot kinematics: Precise mathematical modeling van robot movement en constraints
- Collision detection: Real-time interference checking tussen robot, tools, workpieces
- Path optimization: Automatic trajectory planning voor efficient robot movements
- Cycle time analysis: Accurate production timing simulation
- Programming verification: Virtual testing van robot programs before deployment
- CAD integration: Import capabilities voor CAD models en assemblies
- Physics simulation: Realistic simulation van forces, gravity, material properties
- Multi-robot coordination: Simulation van multiple robots working simultaneously
Toepassing
- Welding path generation: Automated weld seam programming en optimization
- Material handling: Pick-and-place programming voor complex part geometries
- Machine tending: CNC loading/unloading path programming
- Assembly operations: Precise insertion en fitting trajectory programming
Production planning:
- Layout optimization: Work cell design en robot placement optimization
- Throughput analysis: Production capacity assessment en bottleneck identification
- Feasibility studies: Robot capability assessment voor new applications
- Investment justification: ROI calculations based on simulation results
Training en education:
- Operator training: Safe robot programming learning environment
- Process development: New application development without production interference
- Safety training: Hazard identification en safety procedure development
- Skill development: Robot programming competency building
Quality assurance:
- Path accuracy: Robot movement precision verification
- Process validation: Manufacturing process verification before implementation
- Error detection: Programming errors identification en correction
- Repeatability analysis: Process consistency assessment
Integration planning:
- System integration: Multi-system coordination planning
- Conveyor tracking: Moving target programming en synchronization
- Sensor integration: Vision en force sensor integration planning
- Safety system: Safety zone definition en validation
Gerelateerde begrippen
Verwante termen:
- Offline programmering - Programming methodology enabled by simulation software
- Teach pendant - Alternative programming method to simulation-based programming
- Waypoint programming - Programming technique implemented in simulation environments
- Welding robot programming - Specific application using simulation software
Verwante concepten:
- Digital twin - Virtual representation concept applied to robotics
- CAD - Design software providing models voor robot simulation
- Virtual commissioning - System validation using simulation technology
- HMI - Interface design for robot simulation software
Bronnen
- ABB RobotStudio - Comprehensive robot simulation en programming environment
- KUKA.Sim - Virtual robot programming en simulation platform
- FANUC ROBOGUIDE - Robot simulation software voor FANUC systems
- Siemens Process Simulate - Manufacturing process simulation including robotics
- Dassault Systèmes DELMIA - Digital manufacturing en robot simulation
- Visual Components - 3D manufacturing simulation platform
- RoboDK - Universal robot programming en simulation software
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