The new RobotStudio function uses ABB's superior motion control technology to predict the robot's movements with millimetric precision.
To compensate for the variability in stopping distances, engineers designing robot cells traditionally oversize them to allow for additional movement as the robot comes to a stop, which uses unnecessary space on the factory floor. These factors, individually or combined, can result in the robot coming to a halt outside of its safety zone, sometimes by several meters. Predicting exactly where a robot will stop depends on a range of variables including speed, payload and the robot's own inertia. Enabling the robot’s braking distance to be accurately calculated, the function overcomes the need to add safety margins into cell designs, enabling space savings of up to 25 per cent.
ABB's RobotStudio® offline programming and simulation software has been upgraded with a new virtual robot braking distance function designed to create an exact simulation of the real-world stopping distance of a robot.
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