scholarly journals Leveraging Graphical User Interface Automation for Generic Robot Programming

Robotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Tudor B. Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Programming Models ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Robot Programming ◽  
User Interactions ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Automated Generation ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Block Based

A novel approach to generic (or generalized) robot programming and a novel simplified, block-based programming environment, called “Assembly”, are introduced. The approach leverages the newest graphical user interface automation tools and techniques to generate programs in various proprietary robot programming environments by emulating user interactions in those environments. The “Assembly” tool is used to generate robot-independent intermediary program models, which are translated into robot-specific programs using a graphical user interface automation toolchain. The generalizability of the approach to list, tree, and block-based programming is assessed using three different robot programming environments, two of which are proprietary. The results of this evaluation suggest that the proposed approach is feasible for an entire range of programming models and thus enables the generation of programs in various proprietary robot programming environments. In educational settings, the automated generation of programs fosters learning different robot programming models by example. For experts, the proposed approach provides a means for generating program (or task) templates, which can be adjusted to the needs of the application at hand on the shop floor.

A Graphical User Interface for Industrial Robot Programming in Non-Repetitive Tasks

2001 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Emilio J. González-Galván ◽  
Elizabeth Rivera-Bravo ◽  
Rubén D. González-Lizcano ◽  
Oscar A. Garay-Molina ◽  
Victor H. Miranda-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Robot Programming ◽  
Repetitive Tasks

User interface for specification language for case-based mechanical design

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Dandekar ◽  
Ibrahim Zeid ◽  
Theodore Bardasz
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Current Problem ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Specification Language ◽  
User Interactions ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Context Free ◽  
Feature Attribute ◽  
Case Based

AbstractCase-based design (CBD) systems aim to solve a design problem by tailoring previously solved design problems to the current problem. Designers' specifications are used for indexing the knowledge base of the CBD system to retrieve an appropriate design case. Menu-based systems fail to capture designers' specifications effectively due to lack of expressiveness, while natural language systems are too immature to satisfy the goal. This paper presents the development of a graphical user interface (GUI) to implement a mechanical design specification language (MDSL) (Stelling, 1994) used to facilitate indexing in case-based mechanical design. The specification language is context-free and hence computable. It represents mechanical design knowledge in a (feature):(attribute) format suitable for indexing. An augmented transition network (ATN) parser is built using the grammar of the specification language. The parser provides syntactic as well as semantic checks. It also has capabilities to expand grammar and to adapt to a specific user domain. A graphical front end to the parser assists and guides the user through the specification language syntax in entering the design specifications. Provisions have been made to expand or edit the language grammar and vocabulary. The ATN parser was implemented in Common Lisp and the graphical user interface was written using the Gold Hill Windows Toolkit. Sample user interactions with the interface and screen dumps of the GUI are included.

scholarly journals Automated Generation of a Digital Twin of a Manufacturing System by Using Scan and Convolutional Neural Networks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Sommer ◽  
Josip Stjepandić ◽  
Sebastian Stobrawa ◽  
Moritz von Soden
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Object Recognition ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Process Chain ◽  
Automated Generation ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Novel Approach

The simulation of production processes using a Digital Twin is a promising means for prospective planning, analysis of existing systems or process-parallel monitoring. However, many companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, do not apply the technology, because the generation of a Digital Twin is cost-, time- and resource-intensive and IT expertise is required. This obstacle can be removed by a novel approach to generate a Digital Twin using fast scans of the shop floor and subsequent object recognition in the point cloud. We describe how parameters and data should be acquired in order to generate a Digital Twin automatically. An overview of the entire process chain is given. A particular attention is given to the automatic object recognition and its integration into Digital Twin.

HOW TO USE CROP GROWTH MODEL WOFOST FOR FORECASTING GROWTH AND YIELD OF A CROP

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LAL SINGH ◽  
PARMEET SINGH ◽  
RAIHANA HABIB KANTH ◽  
PURUSHOTAM SINGH ◽  
SABIA AKHTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Crop Growth Model ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Crop Calendar

WOFOST version 7.1.3 is a computer model that simulates the growth and production of annual field crops. All the run options are operational through a graphical user interface named WOFOST Control Center version 1.8 (WCC). WCC facilitates selecting the production level, and input data sets on crop, soil, weather, crop calendar, hydrological field conditions, soil fertility parameters and the output options. The files with crop, soil and weather data are explained, as well as the run files and the output files. A general overview is given of the development and the applications of the model. Its underlying concepts are discussed briefly.

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