Realtime Robotics adds motion planning to Siemens Process Simulate

Realtime Robotics, a creator of collision-free autonomous motion planning software for industrial robots, has announced that it is to integrate its RapidPlan software with Siemens Process Simulate, in the company’s Tecnomatix software portfolio.

This integration enables Siemens customers to utilise Realtime’s robot motion planning and control software as a part of their regular workflow, without leaving Process Simulate. The company says those using the integration can easily visualise, prioritise and simulate robot task plans, and validate them through virtual commissioning. Support for servo weld guns has also been added.

Realtime Robotics RapidPlan software is said to help manufacturers design and deploy industrial automation faster and more efficiently. The programming, deployment and control of industrial robots is automated, autonomously generating and choreographing all robot movements. Users create a digital twin simulation of their work cell and then point and click on robots and target points to create and visualise collision-free task plans — a process said to save weeks to months of programming time per project. Positions and waypoints can be updated without reprogramming; time-consuming manual tasks can be reduced with automated and collision-free interlock programming; and a large reduction in programming time can be realised.

“Robot programming and task planning has been a time-consuming — and frankly, difficult — process for far too long,” said George Konidaris, co-founder and chief roboticist at Realtime Robotics. “We founded Realtime Robotics to change that once and for all.

“This integration with Siemens will make it much easier for those using Process Simulate to eliminate collisions and quickly take robot task plans from simulation to reality.”

Realtime Robotics has a long-standing partnership with Siemens, with its technology helping to simplify robot programming and work cell coordination through the automation of motion programming.

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