Title :
Development of man machine interface software for an industrial robot
Author :
Konukseven, E.I. ; Abidi, Anas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and implementation of a man machine interface software for the ABB IRB-2000 industrial robot. The main aim of this software is to provide features which would facilitate on-line/off-line programming of the robot. The software would provide a three dimensional graphical simulation of the robot and its environment, which also allows loading custom designed objects into the simulated environment. The software also offers collision detection capability between graphically simulated objects, an interpreter/editor to interpret/write robot programs in BASIC like language enhanced with robot commands. The facility to control the actual robot through the computer´s serial communication port is also provided.
Keywords :
BASIC; collision avoidance; computer animation; digital simulation; human computer interaction; industrial robots; man-machine systems; object-oriented programming; peripheral interfaces; program interpreters; robot programming; 3D graphical simulation; ABB IRB-2000 industrial robot; BASIC like language; animation; collision detection; computer aided graphics; custom designed objects; graphically simulated objects; man machine interface software; off-line programming; on-line programming; program editor; program interpreter; program writing; robot commands; robot environment; robot programming; serial port communication; simulated environment; Computational modeling; Computer industry; Man machine systems; Mechanical engineering; Object detection; Open source software; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, 2004. (VECIMS). 2004 IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8339-7
DOI :
10.1109/VECIMS.2004.1397185
