Patent ID: 7355145

Claim:
An arc welding robot, comprising: a manipulator including a welding torch mounted in the vicinity of the leading end thereof; a control unit for operating the manipulator in a given operation pattern in accordance with a previously taught operation program, the control unit including therein a welding part for welding a member to be welded under a given welding condition in accordance with the operation pattern, and recording means for recording a total number of short circuits occurring during a given period and waveform data relating to at least one of a welding current instruction value, a welding current output value, a welding voltage instruction value, a welding voltage output value, a welding speed, a wire feed speed, and a wire feed motor current during the given period; and, display means for displaying said total number of short circuits along with a sampling cycle for the waveform data while graphically displaying the waveform data recorded in the recording means.