Patent ID: 9015015
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for supporting robot hardware design, the system comprising: a template, implemented using a processor, said template containing information on the mechanical structure, operating mechanism, power transmission system, and motion data of a robot module to be used by a simulator, implemented on said processor, for designing the robot module; a simulator application programming interface (API), implemented on said processor which loads the template, modifies the information contained in the template, analyzes movements of the robot module based on the motion data, and generates a specification required for each joint of the robot module; a part database, implemented using memory associated with said processor, which stores information on parts for the production of a robot; a part selection/combination unit, implemented on said processor, which selects and combines parts required for the production of the robot module from the part database, wherein the required parts are parts corresponding to the specification of the robot module based on the analysis results of the simulator; a control unit, implemented on said processor, which controls the simulator, the template, the simulator API, the part database, and the part selection/combination unit; wherein the movements contain movement samples of a position and a speed at each joint of the robot module over time; and the robot module comprises at least one module selected from the group consisting of a mobile module, an arm module, and a head module.