Augmented Reality Aided Control of Industrial Robots

This contribution presents the method of simultaneous control and creation of programming sequences for industrial robot with the use of interactivity achieved in the environment of augmented reality. Paper describes the experimental testing of proposed conception realized at the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies in Presov of Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia) in the environment of experimental robotic workcell with the use of augmented reality tools. From the viewpoint of displaying units it consider the projection on half-silvered glass as well as using the head mounted display for virtual reality. Final part of the paper summarizes possible trends of further development in described area and also the possibilities of industrial applications.