Smarter Electro-mechanical Robotics Design Through Simulation

Overview

Industrial robotics is advancing rapidly, from autonomous robots automating manufacturing processes to mobile robots navigating the factory floor, even collaborating with humans. By nature, robots convert energy into movement through actuators and motors. Electro-mechanical energy conversion is becoming mainstream due to energy efficiency and ease of control.

This webinar will cover the main components of these robotic systems, including motors and actuators, power supply, and sensors. Practical examples demonstrate how simulation can address primary design challenges, such as achieving high precision and low losses while meeting space constraints, thermal limits, and EMI/EMC compliance requirements.

Robotics systems integrate electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal design aspects. Hence, to achieve an optimal design, an accurate representation of each component and its multiphysics needs must be captured in a system simulation. The webinar will provide examples of how to incorporate accurate component models into a system simulation, allowing for the capture of interactions between electromagnetic and mechanical models.

What Attendees Will Learn

• What are the main electro-mechanical components in a robotic system and how can simulation address the main design challenges
• Motors: what motors are used in robotic applications and how can these be simulated
• Actuation: How to model a robotic actuator system
• Magnetic sensor: How to model and integrate magnetic sensors
• System simulation: how to create fast and accurate reduced order models to include in a system simulation
• Practical example of a robot arm system for industrial applications

Who Should Attend

• Robotics engineers and managers interested in simulation of electro-mechanical robotic systems
• Engineering managers interested in understanding the main challenges in designing robotics systems and how simulation can help
• Electric machine design engineers and managers interested in simulation of motors for robotics
• System engineers and managers interested in how they can incorporate electro-mechanical robotics into their system simulation

Speaker

• Lorenzo Orsini - Application Engineer, Ansys