Increasing Reliability of Robotized Manufacturing Systems

Abstract

The Thesis studies robotized manufacturing systems focusing the research on industrial robots. Development and production testing methods of the electronic components of industrial robot and their role in the life cycle of hardware are reviewed in the Thesis. The main achievement of the Thesis is the development of a software tool for robot language code translation to lifetime consumption of robot drive inverter power electronics components. Reliability assessment for various industrial robot electrical cabinet layout and operation options is included in this study by applying the developed tool in practice.

Research and Development of DC Microgrids for Robotic Manufacturing

“…• Increasing the capacitance of the DC bus. Such an option requires additional capacitors in each robot controller, which entails additional costs [22] but also has potentially positive aspects in terms of increased system reliability [23]. The optimal choice of capacitor capacity depends on the most significant recovery energy peak generated during the motion trajectory execution task performed.…”