Exploring the VR-based PBD Programming Approach to Teach Industrial Robotics in Manufacturing Education

Abstract

Traditionally industrial robots have been programmed on-line using a teach pendant or off-line using programming software. For novice users, using a teach pendant is ideal because the user moves the robot to specific points along the desired tool path, recording key locations in the robot program during the process. Once novice users grasp the basics of robot programming, off-line software is often used to program and simulate more complex robot motion without sacrificing the up time of the robot; points in space are specified and the software generates the tool path automatically.