LEKCJE ROBOTYKI, ODC. 1: WPROWADZENIE DO ROBOTÓW PRZEMYSŁOWYCH (2016)
Summary
TLDRThis video introduces FANUC Polska's expertise in industrial robots, focusing on how they enhance production processes. Mateusz Amroziński explains the core components of an industrial robot, including the mechanical unit, controller, and iPendant for programming. The video highlights FANUC’s global leadership, with over 400,000 robots installed worldwide, and explores their adaptability in various industries. With features like lifting capacity, speed, and additional sensors for vision and force control, FANUC robots provide flexible and efficient solutions to meet evolving production needs, improving both business outcomes and the economy.
Takeaways
- 🤖 FANUC is a global leader in industrial robots, automation, and robo-machines, headquartered in Japan.
- 📈 Over 400,000 FANUC robots are installed worldwide, setting a global record.
- 🎓 The video aims to raise awareness about industrial robots, their construction, applications, and benefits for Polish enterprises.
- ⚙️ Industrial robots consist of three main components: a mechanical unit, a controller, and a programming panel (iPendant).
- 💡 FANUC robots are highly flexible, allowing for tool changes that enable them to perform multiple tasks with different tools.
- 📊 Key robot parameters include lifting capacity, range, repeatability, and speed, which are selected based on specific application needs.
- 🌐 FANUC robots can be adapted for various conditions, including industries like food and automotive, with protection against dust, water, and chemicals.
- 👁️ FANUC's iRVision system adds visual capabilities, allowing robots to inspect parts and ensure quality control.
- 🔧 FANUC provides a range of robots with 3 to 6 axes, tailored for different industrial tasks from simple transfers to complex operations.
- 🛡️ The DCS system monitors robot speed and position, enhancing safety and reducing space requirements for robotic installations.
Q & A
What does FANUC Polska specialize in?
-FANUC Polska specializes in industrial robots, robo-machines, and numerical controls. They also offer support to ensure the appropriate use of these technologies.
How many FANUC industrial robots have been installed globally?
-Over 400,000 FANUC industrial robots have been installed globally, setting a world record.
What is the main goal of the video series introduced by Mateusz Amroziński?
-The main goal of the video series is to raise awareness about industrial robots, explaining their construction, applications, and benefits for industries.
What are the key components of an industrial robot?
-The key components of an industrial robot include the mechanical unit (robot), a controller, and a programming panel called a teach pendant or iPendant.
How does FANUC ensure the flexibility of their robots?
-FANUC robots are flexible due to their ability to manually or automatically change tools, allowing them to perform various tasks by selecting the appropriate tool and program for different operations.
What are the main factors that define an industrial robot's performance?
-The main factors defining an industrial robot’s performance are its lifting capacity, range, repeatability, speed, efficiency, and adaptability to working conditions.
What differentiates FANUC robots from others in terms of production and reliability?
-FANUC produces all its robot components 100% in-house in Japan, ensuring reliability and high quality. Their robots are also used to manufacture subsequent robots.
What is the role of the iPendant in controlling FANUC robots?
-The iPendant is a panel used for controlling and programming FANUC robots. It includes a touch screen, keyboard, and safety features like the emergency stop button and deadman switches.
What is the purpose of FANUC’s iRVision system?
-FANUC’s iRVision system equips robots with vision capabilities, allowing them to locate objects, inspect details, and eliminate the need for complex mechanical positioning systems.
How does the FANUC DCS system enhance robot safety?
-The FANUC DCS system allows users to monitor and control the robot’s position and speed, ensuring it operates within predefined zones and preventing collisions with nearby equipment or people.
Outlines
🤖 Introduction to FANUC and Industrial Robots
Mateusz Amroziński introduces himself and explains his role at FANUC Polska. He provides an overview of FANUC as a global leader in industrial robots, emphasizing the company's focus on automation technology. He mentions the 400,000 FANUC robots installed globally and outlines the goal of the video series: to raise awareness about industrial robots and their applications. Amroziński explains that robots, often associated with sci-fi, are created to assist humans, not replace them. The training station at FANUC's Wrocław center is highlighted, where customers and manufacturers receive essential robot training and support.
🤖 Flexibility and Key Parameters of Industrial Robots
The paragraph discusses the versatility of industrial robots and how they can be adapted for different tasks by changing tools and programs. It explains the robot's key parameters, such as lifting capacity, range, repeatability, speed, and environmental suitability. The flexibility of robots is compared to a car engine, where different specifications can be chosen depending on the task. The section also covers FANUC's range of robots, from small, light models to heavy-duty units, and emphasizes the importance of selecting the right robot for specific applications, including both speed and efficiency.
🤖 FANUC’s Robots and Their High Quality Standards
FANUC’s robots are manufactured entirely in-house in Japan, ensuring quality control over all components. This paragraph describes the iPendant, a device used to control and program robots. The iPendant features a touchscreen, keyboard, and emergency stop functions, enabling efficient programming and safe operation. Amroziński explains the process of manually moving robot axes using the iPendant and emphasizes its ease of use and safety features. The paragraph highlights FANUC’s commitment to high standards and precision in both robot production and control systems.
🤖 Advanced Tools and Systems for Enhanced Robot Functionality
This section highlights FANUC's additional technological advancements, such as the iRVision vision system and the DCS system, which enhance robots' functionality and safety. iRVision allows robots to inspect and position parts more accurately, while the DCS system ensures safe movement within designated areas, reducing space requirements. FANUC Force Sensors give robots a sense of touch, allowing them to perform delicate tasks without damaging parts. Amroziński discusses how FANUC provides comprehensive support to ensure robots are optimized for various industries and applications, ensuring they bring tangible benefits to users.
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Keywords
💡Industrial Robots
💡FANUC
💡iPendant
💡Servo Drives
💡Degrees of Freedom
💡Vision System (iRVision)
💡Payload
💡R30iB Controller
💡Force Sensor
💡Repeatability
Highlights
FANUC is a world leader in robotization and industrial automation, with over 400,000 industrial robots installed globally.
The video series aims to raise awareness about industrial robots, their construction, applications, and tasks they can perform.
Industrial robots are not just machines but are designed to assist humans in their work, making life easier.
FANUC Polska provides training for end customers and manufacturers of robotic stations to ensure optimal use of robots.
The FANUC M10iA/12 model robot has a lifting capacity of 12 kg and a reach of 1420 mm, showcasing the robot's capabilities.
Robots are highly adaptable, able to perform different tasks by simply changing the tool attached to the end effector.
FANUC offers a range of robots with different axes and degrees of freedom to suit various industrial needs.
Robots are designed with specific industry needs in mind, such as protection against pollution, dust, and water.
FANUC's robots are 100% manufactured in Japan, ensuring quality and reliability from start to finish.
The iPendant is a key tool for operating and programming FANUC robots, featuring a touch screen and various function keys.
The R30iB controller is the brain of the robot, managing all movements and storing programming instructions.
FANUC iRVision vision system allows robots to locate parts and inspect quality, enhancing precision and efficiency.
The DCS system enables robots to work in smaller spaces while ensuring safety and protecting surrounding equipment.
FANUC Force Sensor gives robots a sense of touch, allowing for precise control during complex assembly or surface treatment tasks.
Industrial robots have applications across all industries, with FANUC supporting users in selecting the right tools and software.
FANUC's support extends to implementation assistance, ensuring that robotic stations are operational and beneficial as soon as possible.
Transcripts
Hello, my name is Mateusz Amroziński, I work at FANUC Polska
and today I will tell you about industrial robots.
FANUC is a supplier of the latest technologies in the field of industrial robots, robo-machines and numerical controls,
and also offers support in the appropriate use of these technologies.
FANUC is a Japanese company that is a world leader in robotization and industrial automation.
Currently, the number of
FANUC industrial robots installed in the world has exceeded 400,000, which was considered a world record.
The aim of the video series, the first episode of which you are currently watching,
is to raise the level of awareness about industrial robots.
We will talk about how an industrial robot is built, what can be done with it,
in what applications it can be used, and for what tasks it can be used.
I will try to show you real examples of the implementation of our robots and
the measurable and real benefits that result from this fact.
Today, most of us still associate the word robot with science fiction films.
They arouse fear in some people and admiration in others.
They are associated with complex scientific research with
space programs or possibly with weapons equipment.
I hope that you will see that this view is not entirely consistent with
reality, and above all, it has long been out of date, what's more, improving
people's awareness about robots will could only influence
the development of Polish enterprises and, consequently, the Polish economy.
First of all, we must remember that robots were
created by man to help him in his work, so we should not
identify robots with an unknown and alien force, we should not be afraid of them, we should
remember that they are supposed to make human life easier.
We are now at the training station at the FANUC Polska center in Wrocław.
This is where training takes place for our end customers, i.e. de
facto users of robots, and for manufacturers of robotic stations
, i.e. for companies that install these robots for users,
program them and put them into final use by the customer. Both the first and
the second group have very strong support that we provide them so that they can
use our robots in the most effective and optimal way.
Now let's take a closer look at the industrial robot, how it is built,
what elements it consists of, and how it functions. If we talk about an
industrial robot, we actually mean a robotic installation
that includes a mechanical unit, i.e. a robot,
a controller and a programming panel called a teach pendant, or an iPendant
in the current generation of controllers. This is what an example
industrial robot looks like . This is the FANUC M10iA/12 model. This robot has a lifting capacity of 12 kg
and a reach of 1420 mm. Range, i.e. how far the robot can actually
work, and lifting capacity, i.e. the maximum weight it can
carry. These are two of several key, most basic parameters
by which we define industrial robots. The construction of the robot consists of drives, in this case
servo drives, which is the most classic system of a
six-axis serial robot. What is located on the last axis, in this
case on the sixth axis of the robot, is its tool. The mechanical unit
is also one of the most important things - in fact,
the tool mounted in this place will directly depend on
what we want to do with this robot. If we are talking about an application in which the robot is
to perform welding, a welding fixture will be installed here. If
we are talking about an application where the robot is to perform packaging,
palletizing or sorting, there will probably be a gripper or attachment installed here
that will allow the operation of picking up the detail and placing it in a
dedicated place. In practice, this means that by replacing the
tool manually or automatically, i.e. the robot will itself
replace the tool it needs, it is possible to make a given
mechanical unit perform one operation at one moment and
do something completely different at another moment. another. All you need to do is dynamically
select the appropriate robot program, select the appropriate tool and
the robot adapts completely flexibly to the subsequent needs of our production.
Without the need to replace, of course, entire mechanical units and structures, this
is one of the basic and key issues when it comes to
the flexible use of industrial robots.
In addition to the previously mentioned lifting capacity and range of the robot, we also have parameters such as
repeatability, speed of the robot, its maximum efficiency,
working conditions in which it can work, and construction adapted to
specific applications. It should also be remembered
that the robot itself is only an element of the entire robotic station. I would
compare it to a car engine. If we need a faster or
more powerful car, we will of course choose a larger engine with better torque,
and the same applies to the robot. If we need a robot with very
high efficiency, we choose a light, fast robot, perhaps
a robot with a smaller crane will be enough. However, for other applications where the time
we have to complete a given operation is relatively long, it may be
enough to select a robot with a lower speed, but still benefit from the maximum
allowable load carried by the robot. This robot has six axes and
6 degrees of freedom, but this is not always necessary
. FANUC also offers 3, 4, 5 and 6-axis robots
- these are the most popular series, because just as you don't always need
a robot that works very quickly and very efficiently, you don't always
need a six-axis robot. For some tasks, if we want to carry out
simple transfer or sorting of details, move them from point A to point B,
but relatively quickly and very efficiently, then perhaps a 3-axis or
four-axis robot will be enough. FANUC has been producing robots for several decades and has experience in
producing serial robots with various degrees of freedom and with various
technical parameters. We are able to deliver robots with a reach
from 280 mm to over 4.5 m. We produce robots that can carry from 0.5 kg to
2300 kg, which is a world record, it is the strongest industrial robot
operating in the world. Another very important factor is
the adaptation of the robot's structure to work in various conditions. First of all, the robot must have
appropriate protection, appropriate IP, i.e. the degree of protection
against pollution, dust and water. A very good example here
is the food industry, where we cannot allow a unit
that poses a risk of dirtying or contaminating food
, such a unit must be equipped with appropriate oil or grease approved for
working with food. Another example is a car wash in which a factor harmful
to the robot, in this case, is water or a chemical agent that may damage
the robot. We use robots from our series for such tasks, which
are additionally secured and protected, and we are sure that cables, drives and
all sensitive elements will not be damaged. FANUC has been producing industrial robots
for several decades and has the necessary knowledge and
market position to be a world leader in the production
of these robots. An example here would be a robot from our R-2000 series, which
has been produced for several dozen years and has a proven position, brand and
reliability in the world. Another example is a much smaller serial robot from
the LR Mate 200iD series, a 7-kilogram serial robot. It
is worth noting that when the production of this robot began ,
many people were wondering where it would be used. Today, I think
it's safe to say that many competing companies have actually followed
our path. So FANUC actually opened the door to starting this
chapter in the production of smaller, serial robots with lower payloads.
When talking about FANUC industrial robots, we cannot fail to mention
a very important issue. All these components are manufactured
100% from start to finish, in the heart of FANUC in Japan, on
FANUC assembly lines where FANUC industrial robots actually work, i.e. it can be said
that robots produce subsequent robots. This is one of the most
robotic places in Japan. Thanks to this philosophy, we are 100%
sure of the components our robots consist of. We are sure of their
reliability and solidity of their work, this is in no way external equipment
from external suppliers, only our production.
To move the robot to control its movements, also to
save new programs or give it new movement commands, we use
iPendant. It is a panel used to operate the robot and
program it. In the case of our iPendant, it consists of a touch screen
on which we can set and select new functions. It consists, of course, of
a keyboard, a number of numeric keys, keys for moving the robot,
confirmation keys, selecting operations, a menu key and several other
function keys, this is a basic
set of keys used to efficiently carry out
all programming operations and those supervising the robot's movement. We must remember here
that we usually spend a lot of time working with such a device,
so it must be comfortable, light and constructed in such a way that it can be used to
efficiently create new programming instructions. Of course, we have an emergency stop button here
, which should be
used if the robot
needs to be stopped for some reason. We also have buttons called deadmen on the back of the iPendant
, which are in fact information for the system
whether I, as the operator, consciously hold the iPendant and press them in a
controlled manner, or whether, for example, I was electrocuted. Because if they are pressed too
hard, the system will also be stopped in an emergency, it is
an anti-shock protection for the operator.
To move the robot using iPendant, i.e. using this
programmer panel, what I need to do is select the appropriate key sequence
starting from the previously mentioned deadman.
by resetting active alarms on the robot and selecting the appropriate key
corresponding to the axis I would like to move. This is the most
basic way of moving the robot and it looks like this: if
I select the first axis of the robot, i.e. the axis close to the base of the robot,
I would like to present its movement, it would look something like this
. Feather axis moved to the left, moved to the right. The movement
of each subsequent axis of the robot is analogous , i.e. by selecting the appropriate keys again
, I can move, for example, the second axis, as can be seen now, and then
the third axis, the work of the third axis looks like this.
Here we have the fourth axis, each in turn can be
moved independently, this is one of the modes of manual movement of the robot.
We are now at one of the most important, if not
the most important, because we are talking about a robot controller. This is the R30iB controller
and it is in fact the brain and the entire center that manages the robot's movements.
This can be interpreted as meaning that the mechanical unit is actually an
executive tool that performs tasks that are saved, stored and programmed
in the controller's memory.
The programmability of the robot, the ability to create new
command instructions for it, saving new programs, i.e. what is
in its memory and the operating system, are again one of the key features that
define an industrial robot and robotic installations. Again, we can
compare the entire robotic installation and the robot itself to a car, we can
only use its basic functionalities and its basic
tools, but we can also equip it with additional tools, just
like in a car we have additional systems and safety packages, so in this
case we can in fact, install tools that will make the robot
even more technologically advanced, even more
safe, and able to perform more tasks. An example of such a package
that can be installed on the controller as an additional package is, for example,
the FANUC iRVision vision system. Thanks to the sense of sight, which in this
case is vision, the vision system, the robot will be able to do more than just independently
locate a detail, but also, for example, inspect the quality of this
detail. We gain the powerful advantage of not having to use
complex mechanical systems to position these parts, and we also
eliminate the potential risk of producing defective parts that are not correct and
not well made. The FANUC DCS system is another
tool that makes our robot even more
technologically advanced. This is nothing more than the ability to control the position and
speed of the robot, designate virtual work zones for it and constantly
monitor how the robot behaves. In practice, this means that
a robotic station can, for example, occupy a much smaller area at
the end customer's premises. There is a huge saving of space here, because
thanks to the system that monitors and ensures that the robot
moves within certain limits, safely and at a safe speed,
the fence that is installed around the robot can be installed
much closer. Moreover, with the DCS system we are also sure that all
the devices around the robot, including expensive equipment in
the form of cameras, conveyor belts, actuator sensors, effectors and so
on, we are sure that all these devices are protected and supervised
by our controller. If an operator or programmer, through an error or
inadvertence, caused the robot to start moving on a different trajectory
than expected and a collision could occur, then we are 100% sure that such a
situation will be identified in due time by the system and that
the controller will stop the robot in emergency mode at the appropriate time and
prevent or completely eliminate the risk of collision. The next functionality that should be
mentioned here is the FANUC Force Sensor, which actually gives
the robot a sense of touch, allows it to sense its surroundings, allows it to not only
sense its surroundings based on the measured force and torque, but
also allows it to control its work by controlling the pressure force.
when making the most complex elements, for example
complex assembly or surface treatment of details.
Thanks to the FANUC Force Sensor, we are 100% sure that
all subsequent operations performed by the robot will be carried out precisely
and with absolutely no possibility of damaging subsequent details.
If we consider in which branches of industry
industrial robots can be used, in fact, speaking without any
exaggeration, we can say that
robots can be used in every branch of industry and in every industry. It's all
just a matter of properly adapting it in terms of the mechanical unit,
in terms of its structure and the degree of protection of this mechanical unit, and
equipping it with appropriate software and appropriate software libraries.
FANUC strongly supports end users and
integrators in the appropriate selection of tools, both in terms of the
mechanical unit of the robot's construction and in the selection of appropriate
software libraries and appropriate programming components, so that the entire
robotic station is used optimally and most effectively.
Of course, we approach the topic in such a way that we can later help
implement this robot so that the user will be able to operate it according to the art,
especially if this is the first or one of the first projects, then
we try very hard to ensure that such a station starts
production as soon as possible and brings tangible benefits to the user .
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