Remotely Controlling for an Industrial Robot

This document proposed a system combining NI Smart Camera, PLC, and KUKA robot for remote control. It lets users manage operating process of an industrial robot in a laboratory through internet anytime and everywhere. It also provides a new solution to manage production line remotely. Also this approach can help users viewing exact status of the robot when practicing on the robot without being in the laboratory and waiting for available shifts. In the system, NI Smart camera will transfer videos about operating process of the system to a central computer. The PLC controls pistons, solenoid valves and indicating lights of system. All outputs and inputs from I/O devices are integrated on the PLC for building up a human machine interface (HMI) on the central computer. The HMI will display all data of system such as status of robot, mode switch, etc. The central computer is connected to internet, so that students can receive all videos from NI Smart camera to view the status of the system. They can interact with the HMI on the central computer to control and monitor the system. With the HMI display, they can easily find out software errors of system and correct them.