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AI agent for robotics engineers

Robot Fault Log Troubleshooting Agent

Find the root cause of a recurring robot fault with evidence and a test plan

AnalysisIT and development
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Robot Fault Log Troubleshooting Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

An intermittent robot fault, like a gripper not confirming or a servo overload, can stop a line repeatedly and take days to pin down. This agent collects alarm history, I/O traces, servo load data and operator notes around each occurrence and lines them up on one timeline. It looks for what all occurrences have in common, such as product variant, shift or preceding event. It forms a ranked list of likely causes and tests each against the data, for example whether vacuum pressure dropped before every gripper fault. If the evidence does not support a cause, it drops it and tests the next. It ends with a diagnosis and a test plan for maintenance. The engineer approves any change to the robot or program. Edge case: faults tied to one product variant narrow the search to that variant's program branch.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Same alarm logged three times in a week 2 USES A TOOL Collect alarms, traces and notes for each occurrence 3 DOES Build a timeline 60 seconds before each fault 4 DOES List candidate causes ranked by shared patterns 5 USES A TOOL Test top cause against all occurrences in the tracedata 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the cause explain at least 80 percent ofoccurrences? If not: drop this cause and test the next candidate.Back to step 4. 7 DOES Write diagnosis and a test plan for maintenance 8 YOU APPROVE Engineer approves any hardware or program change 9 RESULT Root cause report and test plan
Read the steps as a list
  1. Same alarm logged three times in a week
  2. Collect alarms, traces and notes for each occurrence
  3. Build a timeline 60 seconds before each fault
  4. List candidate causes ranked by shared patterns
  5. Test top cause against all occurrences in the trace data
  6. Does the cause explain at least 80 percent of occurrences?If not: drop this cause and test the next candidate. Back to step 4.
  7. Write diagnosis and a test plan for maintenance
  8. Engineer approves any hardware or program changeThe agent waits here for your OK.
  9. Root cause report and test plan

How it decides

It ranks causes by how many fault occurrences share the same preceding signal pattern and treats a cause as supported only if it explains at least 80 percent of occurrences.

  • Group faults by product variant and shift before analysis
  • Recent program or hardware changes rank causes higher
  • Unexplained occurrences are listed, not ignored

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Alarm count that triggers analysis (default 3 per week)
  • Time window before each fault (default 60 s)
  • Evidence threshold for a supported cause (default 80 percent)
  • Data sources connected

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Any change to robot hardware, settings or program

Hard limits

  • Read-only access to controllers
  • Never clears alarms or resets equipment

It stops when

  • Done: supported cause with test plan
  • Stop: no candidate explains the faults, request more sensor logging

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

10 minto set it up in your AI
5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensA gripper confirm fault at Halden Auto Parts hit 7 times between May 6 and 10. Vacuum pressure was normal before 4 of them, so that cause failed the check and was dropped. The agent then found all 7 happened within 2 minutes of a change to the thin-wall variant, where the sensor sat 3 mm too far. The engineer approved a bracket adjustment, and no faults followed.

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