<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present article focuses on the possibilities of using Virtual Reality (VR) as a supporting tool by using the offline programming method for industrial robots. The philosophy of using such a process is hierarchically linked to the observance of methodological procedures for the proposal new workstations with using industrial robots. First, it is necessary to develop CAD models of the projected workplace, which can be imported into a suitable simulation environment for the creation of robotic simulations with support for visualization to the immersive VR environment. In our case, the CAD software Catia was used to develop a workstation, followed by integration of the CAD database into the simulation environment of Process Simulate (PS). Support for the visualization in the immersive environment of the Virtual Reality of Process Simulate was vested using the glasses headset HTC VIVE.</p></abstract>

The present article focuses on the possibilities of using Virtual Reality (VR) as a supporting tool by using the offline programming method for industrial robots. The philosophy of using such a process is hierarchically linked to the observance of methodological procedures for the proposal new workstations with using industrial robots. First, it is necessary to develop CAD models of the projected workplace, which can be imported into a suitable simulation environment for the creation of robotic simulations with support for visualization to the immersive VR environment. In our case, the CAD software Catia was used to develop a workstation, followed by integration of the CAD database into the simulation environment of Process Simulate (PS). Support for the visualization in the immersive environment of the Virtual Reality of Process Simulate was vested using the glasses headset HTC VIVE.

Using Virtual Reality as a Support Tool for the Offline Robot Programming

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Production Technologies

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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The present article focuses on the possibilities of using Virtual Reality (VR) as a supporting tool by using the offline programming method for industrial...

Using Virtual Reality as a Support Tool for the Offline Robot Programming

Published Online: Oct 04, 2018

Page range: 85 - 91

Received: May 30, 2018

Accepted: Jun 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2018-0010

Keywords
Offline robot programming (OLP), CAD models, Process Simulate software (PS), Virtual Reality (VR), headset HTC Vive

© 2018 Radovan Holubek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Using Virtual Reality as a Support Tool for the Offline Robot Programming

Published Online: Oct 04, 2018

Page range: 85 - 91

Received: May 30, 2018

Accepted: Jun 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2018-0010

KeywordsOffline robot programming (OLP), CAD models, Process Simulate software (PS), Virtual Reality (VR), headset HTC Vive

© 2018 Radovan Holubek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Offline robot programming (OLP), CAD models, Process Simulate software (PS), Virtual Reality (VR), headset HTC Vive