METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAVING ENERGY AND REDUCING CYCLE TIME BY OPTIMAL ORDERING OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTIC PATH

摘要

Methods for saving energy and reducing cycle time by using optimal ordering of the industrial robotic path. A method includes receiving inputs including a complex operation, generating a plurality of task groups of the complex operation, calculating a group edge rating for each of a plurality of robotic movement edges between each of the plurality of task groups, calculating a candidate rating for each of a plurality of candidate paths, wherein the candidate rating comprises a summation of the group edge ratings for a candidate path, determining an optimal path comprising the candidate path with an optimal rating, wherein the optimal rating is determined by the lowest candidate rating, and returning the optimal path.