Abstract
Off–line teaching of industrial robots is skillful operation that is required extensive amount of time and cost. Furthermore, conventional off–line teaching systems have no function to generate teaching programs for industrial robots automatically or autonomously. In order to realize more effective off–line teaching for higher flexible manufacturing systems, a new concept is required. In this study, a new concept called ″Welding Feature″ is proposed to develop a smart off–line teaching system. The ″Welding Features″ represent welding operations performed in the past by industrial robots symbolically. The ″Welding Features″ are referred to generate a new teaching program for industrial robots automatically or autonomously. In this paper, a new concept called ″Welding Feature″ is introduced to apply a smart off–line teaching system.
