Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for the service performance testing of industrial robot servo systems

The design of a hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform for the service performance testing of industrial robot servo systems was discussed. An offline and online workload simulation mechanism was proposed to apply in the platform. Some experimental results indicated that the workload simulation mechanism can realize the general workload output and ensure the real-time performance of the output. And the service performance testing of a 6-DOF industrial robot was provided, demonstrating the effectiveness of the hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform.