Studying the Communication Possibilities Between a Collaborative Robot and an Industrial Computer

Abstract

Abstract This project is based on the study of collaborative robots (hereafter: Cobot) and industrial PCs, including the communication possibilities between them. In the course of the project, a number of possibilities were studied in order to solve the problem and then summarised to select a collaborative robot and an industrial PC. After that, the focus of the project was on the communication options between the two systems: communication via I/O ports and net-work communication (TCP/IP, Modbus/TCP). Finally, the possible solutions were analysed from different points of view (complexity, flexibility, technical aspects, etc.) and communication between the chosen devices was implemented. The implementation was mainly carried out in a simulation environment, but as the project progressed a communication solution was tested on real industrial devices.