TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper aims to propose a new technique for programming robotized machining tasks based on intuitive human–machine interaction. This will enable operators to create robot programs for small-batch production in a fast and easy way, reducing the required time to accomplish the programming tasks. Design/methodology/approach– This technique makes use of online walk-through path guidance using an external force/torque sensor, and simple and intuitive visual programming, by a demonstration method and symbolic task-level programming. Findings– Thanks to this technique, the operator can easily program robots without learning every robot-specific language and can design new tasks for industrial robots based on manual guidance. Originality/value– The main contribution of the paper is a new procedure to program machining tasks based on manual guidance (walk-through teaching method) and user-friendly visual programming. Up to now, the acquisition of paths and the task programming were done in separate steps and in separate machines. The authors propose a procedure for using a tablet as the only user interface to acquire paths and to make a program to use this path for machining tasks.
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
SN  - 0143-991X
DO  - 10.1108/IR-05-2015-0103
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-05-2015-0103
AU  - Brunete Alberto
AU  - Mateo Carlos
AU  - Gambao Ernesto
AU  - Hernando Miguel
AU  - Koskinen Jukka
AU  - Ahola Jari M
AU  - Seppälä Tuomas
AU  - Heikkila Tapio
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - User-friendly task level programming based on an online walk-through teaching approach
T2  - Industrial Robot: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 153
EP  - 163
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -