Analysis of the Energy Consumption of a Novel DC Power Supplied Industrial Robot

Procedia Manufacturing 2017
Ritvars Grēbers, Michele Gadaleta, Artūrs Paugurs, Armands Šenfelds, Ansis Avotiņš, Marcello Pellicciari

The energy consumption and electrical characteristics of a novel direct current (DC) power supplied industrial robot prototype are compared and analyzed with a state of the art alternating current (AC) supplied industrial robot. An extensive set of experiments shows an important reduction of the total energy consumption for different electrical power profiles measured in various robot trajectories with specific working temperatures. The recuperated energy is also analyzed in the different scenarios. Experimental results show that a DC type robot can be up to 12.5% more energy-efficient than an equivalent AC type robot.

Keywords
Sustainable manufacturing; AC/DC micro-grids; energy efficient robotics; energy measurements; energy consumption
DOI
10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.111
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978917303153

Grēbers, R., Gadaleta, M., Paugurs, A., Šenfelds, A., Avotiņš, A., Pellicciari, M. Analysis of the Energy Consumption of a Novel DC Power Supplied Industrial Robot. Procedia Manufacturing, 2017, Vol.11, pp.311-318. ISSN 2351-9789. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.111

Publication language
English (en)