Title :
Virtual prototyping for drive chain optimization in an industrial robot
Author :
Ma, Bojun ; Li, Hao ; Zahrai, Said ; Zhang, Hui
Author_Institution :
R&D Dept., ABB Eng. (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Cost, performance and efficiency of energy usage of a robot system is strongly dependent on its drive chain, i.e. combination of the drive, the motors and the gears. A model is presented that allows accurate simulation of the drive chain in an industrial robot to offer a high degree of optimization in the design process. Simulation results are compared to final data from the developed units and excellent agreements are found.
Keywords :
chains; design engineering; gears; industrial robots; optimisation; permanent magnet motors; synchronous motor drives; virtual prototyping; design process; drive chain optimization; gears; industrial robot; motors; optimization; virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980595
