METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND CYCLE TIME BY HANDLING ORIENTATION AT TASK LOCATION

摘要

Methods for improving efficiency of industrial robotic energy consumption (156) and cycle time (158) by handling location orientation. A method includes receiving a complex operation (152) including a plurality of task locations (200), generating a plurality of joint configurations (620) of a simulated robot (154) for each one of the plurality of task locations (200), wherein each of the plurality of joint configurations (620) contains a plurality of candidate orientations (710), determining an optimal joint configuration (650) for each task location (200) that provides a lowest summation of the movement ratings (640) for the complex operation (152), wherein the movement ratings (640) incorporate an energy consumption (156) and a cycle time (158) for each of a plurality of robotic movements (425) for the complex operation (152), determining an optimal candidate orientation (715) for each of the optimal joint configurations (650) at each task location (200) that provides a lowest summation of the movement ratings (640) for the complex operation (152), returning the optimal candidate orientations (715) for each of the optimal joint configurations (650).