Modelling and Simulation of Industrial Robot Using SolidWorks

The work presents the evaluation of the motion analysis of the KUKA KR6 industrial robot. The motion analysis module in SolidWorks includes various options to measure the velocity, torque and displacement of industrial robot and provide graphical results in SolidWorks software. The kinematic model provides the end-effector position in the spatial workspace by using the standard Denavit–Hartenberg parameters. The visualisation of robot task planning is quite difficult for the robot technicians. The improper planning and the lack of visualisation of the tasks or events increases idle and training time. The modelling and simulation of KUKA KR6 were performed with the support of SolidWorks software. The event-based motion analysis module is used to plan the path or task related to the industrial robot to study the motion of joints and links for better performance of the robot. The robot arm trajectory is plotted to trace the end-effector movement of KUKA KR6 created in event-based motion analysis. The event-based motion analysis helps offline programming and visualisation of the robot in various applications and eliminates the lack of visualisation for robot technicians.