The article discusses the subject of the use of virtual reality in training the service and maintenance of robots and robotic stations. The developed trainings use virtual reality, thus they are interactive and allow advanced operations without the risk of damaging expensive equipment. The idea of the training program and the application of virtual reality was based on the collaborative network defined in the article. The individual chapters discuss the idea of virtual reality, tools used to develop the training system and examples of activities carried out. Real tools used to obtain virtual reality are shown. Methods of developing interactive elements necessary in simulations are presented.

The article presents the subject of the practical application of virtual reality in the design and programming of robotic stations. Robotic stations designed with the use of virtual reality were created in a collaborative network study consisting of a university, enterprise and government organization -National Centre for Research and Development. An example of a project implemented within the framework described in the collaboration article is the robotisation of the manufacturing processes of aircraft engine components.

This paper deals with the development of dimensional control technology for the production of ADT (accessory drive train) gearbox housing. The project included the development of a robotic geometry inspection station for thin-walled aerospace casings. Laser profilometers from two brands, Cognex and Keyence, were used to measure. A proprietary software solution for arc measurements is presented. The obtained solutions were compared and verified in accordance with the requirements of the manufacturer Pratt and Whitney Rzeszów S.A. The results of the work indicated that correct solutions were obtained with a very large reduction in control time. In addition, the measurement is fully automated and transferable to the company’s electronic systems.

The subject matter of the above paper presents part of the research carried out as part of the robotization of the manufacturing processes of aircraft engine components. The paper concerns robotic deburring of the V2500 diffuser’s sharp edges. The diffuser is a precision casting characterized by a slight variation in the geometry of the workpiece depending on the accuracy of the casting molds and the phenomenon of shrinkage during solidification. Due to the small degree of deburring and thus low cutting forces, robotic machining with the FDB150 tool was used. This tool is characterized by compliance with adjustable force, which enables machining of workpieces with a randomly changing shape. The authors of the paper propose a procedure for carrying out work allowing for the selection of suboptimal process parameters. In the analyzed case, these parameters are the speed of movement of the characteristic point of the tool (TCP) and the tool/workpiece contact force. The proposed procedure for determining the parameters of the force and speed of movement allowed for indicating a set of parameters ensuring the performance of the product in accordance with the requirements defined in the documentation. The proposed solution is of an engineering nature and is not a classic search for the extreme of a function from the point of view of the adopted criteria (quality indicators). Its advantage is simplicity, which is very important from the point of view of an industrial application.

The impulse for writing the paper is the observation of the works related to the implementation of robotization of processes such as machining, glue application, welding and painting. The abovementioned processes, in addition to the correct implementation of the trajectory, require the definition of various parameters (e.g., speed) in the robot’s software. In the trajectories where the reconfiguration of the robot arms is observed, there are significant errors in the implementation of the defined speed. Robotic technology suppliers, in the event of speed disturbances, manually increase the defined speed value or experimentally select other parameters. It is a cumbersome process, and the lack of information about the process parameters makes it time-consuming and inaccurate. In this paper, one representative process is selected, namely machining performed with various tools by ABB robots. In order for the robotic process to be controlled, it is necessary to compare the defined path with the speed profile. Then, the speed parameters can be controlled and corrected. The approach proposed in the paper allows for improving the quality of implemented robotic processes. It presents the available IT tools for station monitoring and how to use them. The advantages of the proposed solutions and their limitations are shown in the examples of implementation of robotic stations in the industry.