We have all heard of the Dog Whisperer. It’s been viewed as the ultimate guide to providing solutions for your problematic pooches. Each episode documents the remarkable transformations that take place by teaching and helping dogs and their owners achieve happier lives together.

Great if you have dogs, but what if you are having problems with “production” man’s other best friend?

Manufacturers in any industry from a large OEM to a small systems integrator are often challenged with properly teaching and programming their production robots.  Getting them to correctly perform the required operations and tasks on the factory floor can be as difficult as trying to keep Fido from eating your favorite pair of slippers.

You can’t encourage them to sit, stay or spot weld with their favorite squeaky toy or just sit down with them and have a conversation over a nice cup of coffee at break time.  Manufacturers need the right solutions to ensure their productions systems best utilize the robots for optimum performance, efficiency and flexibility.

The latest installment of (you guessed it), the Robot Whisperers, the online e-series by Dassault Systemes, robot experts Mike and Tony will show a few tricks to better assign and validate spot welds with robots in production.

Now, I am not talking about getting your robots to roll over and beg. But the guys will demonstrate how to simulate and validate robotic spot welding applications utilizing 3D software to help your robots become more loyal and obedient.

In episode 3, Robotology for Spot Welding, Mike and Tony will also discuss how 3D simulation allows engineers to  create “what-if” scenarios in the virtual environment with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. That’s certainly better than dragging a bunch of robots around the shop floor to physically test the different programs necessary for production. Plus they will have some fun talking about the solar system and Aunt Irene’s Farm – no kidding!

So if you are having relationship issues with your robots and just can’t get them to accurately perform the 1000’s of spot welds they do every day, a doggy treat or a pat on the servo motor is not going to help you.  Log onto the Robot Whisperers today and see why this e-series is your ultimate guide to happier, healthy relationships with your robots!

Enjoy!

Marc

PS: here is the e-series introduction for those of you who missed it:

Whether you’re a CEO or child, systems engineering is worth understanding because it’s strategic for things important to our everyday living.  Think power plants, trains, planes and cars . . .

I learned something in making this video, and I hope you will too in watching it!

So without further delay, here’s an animated definition of systems engineering, elementary style:

Sooo, does it pass the C-test?

Best,

Kate

The first time I heard the term “N&V” it confused me a little, mostly because it’s an acronym, but partially because it’s related to cars and vehicles. “What’s this ‘N&V’ got to do with cars?” I wondered.

It turns out that Automotive OEMs spend a lot of time thinking about what noises their cars will make and how that affects your experience! And it’s true that I hate it if a car has an annoying rattle or squeak! But I never really understood what that meant in terms of car design.

Recently one of my colleagues showed me a presentation that so beautifully illustrated what Noise and Vibration is all about, that I thought I should share it with you:

You’ll also notice that this video not only explains very clearly why Noise and Vibration is important to car manufacturers , but it also explains what an amazing job our R&D team has done to improve the way we realistically simulate N&V for vehicles.

In fact, they have done such a good job, that we’re showing them and our technology off, at the SAE Noise and Vibration conference this May, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For more information about the SAE event: http://www.sae.org/events/nvc/

Hopefully, we’ll see you there!

Cheers,

Tom