Abstract
The paper deals with a general purpose industrial robot controller. Due to the modules of the system is universal. It can be connected to several types of robots, even to CNC, turning-mill or other machines. It was connected to an Adept Scara robot successfully,experimental results will be presented. The basic element of the system is the EMC2 open source robot controller program, which runs in a realtime linux kernel. A PCI card creates the high speed connection between the EMC2 and the machine. DC servo amplifier, digital input and output module, teach pendant, and power electronics designed for the system. The system is RT-middleware (Robotics Technology Middleware)compatible. The RT-middleware is a common robot control platform, which can easily connect different robots to the same network for a common work.
Highlights
Used robots is a fast growing sector of the automation market
Small companies have no money for new manufacturing cell, they build it up step by step from used machines
For eliminating the difficulty of this setup process, we have to develop a new modern control system for industrial robots, which can connect to different types of machines, and has many configurable communication interfaces to connect it to other industrial units
Summary
Used robots is a fast growing sector of the automation market. The technology and build quality of robots made over ten years ago means that they are a viable alternative to new robots with little or no difference in capability in many applications. For eliminating the difficulty of this setup process, we have to develop a new modern control system for industrial robots, which can connect to different types of machines, and has many configurable communication interfaces to connect it to other industrial units. The more interesting area is the control electronics that interprets the robot program and gives reference the signals for each joint.
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