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Introduction:
Robot studio is a pc application for modeling, offline programming and simulation of robot cells.
Robot studio allows you to work with an offline controller ,which is a virtual IRC5 controller
running locally on your pc. This offline controller is also referred to as the virtual controller. It
also allows you to work with the real physical IRC5 controller, which is simply referred to as the
real controller. When robot studio is used with real controllers, it is referred to as the online
mode. When working without being connected to a real controller, or while being connected to a
virtual controller, Robot studio is said to be in offline mode.
Robotstudio offers the following installation options:
Complete: It installs all program features.
Custom: Allowing user-customized contents and paths.
Minimal: Allowing you to run Robotstudio in online mode only.
Installation process:
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Tools
Home tab:
The home tab is used to control the building stations,creating systems,programming paths
and placing items. It consists of the following tools namely:
ABB Library
Import library
Robot system
Import geometry
Frame`
Target
Path
Other
Graphics tools
Auto path
Other: It is used for creating a RAPID data and instructions.In this we have to create some
operations namely:
Create work object
Create tool data
Create action instruction
Graphic Tools: It is used for controlling the graphics view and modifying the appearance of
objects.
Modeling tab:
The modeling tab is used for creating and grouping components, creating bodies,
measurements and CAD operations.
Box
Cone
Cylinder
Pyramid
sphere
Surface: Used for creating a 2D object. It has different types of surfaces namely:
Surface circle
Surface rectangle
Surface polygon
Line
Circle
Arc
Elliptical arcs
Ellipse
Rectangle
Polygon
Polyline
spline
Border around bodies: Used for creating a curve along the border between two bodies.
Border around surface: Used for creating a curve along the border of a surface.
Border from points: Used for creating a curve along the border selected by the points.
Intersect: Used for creating a new body through the intersection of two bodies.
Subtract: Used for creating a new body by subtracting one body from other.
Union: Used for creating a new body through the union of two bodies.
Extrude surface: Used for extruding a 3D object from a surface.
Extrude curve: Used for extruding a 3D object from a curve.
Line from normal: Used for creating a new body from a line extending perpendicularly
from a surface.
Modify curve: It has different types of curves namely:
Extend curve
Join curve
Project curve
Reverse curve
Split curve
Trim curve
Move: Used for dragging an item ,relative to the active reference coordinate system.
Rotate: Used for enabling the rotation around the various axis of an object,determined
by the reference coordinate system.
Jog linear: Used for jogging within the coordinate system defined by the active tool.
Multi robot jog: Used for enabling the several mechanisms at the same time.
Simulation tab:
The simulation tab is used for settingup, configuring, controlling,
monitoring and recording simulations.It consists of the following tools namely:
Create Collision Set: Used for setting up collision detection between moving object.
Station Logic: Used for controlling the behavior by connecting signals and properties.
Activate Mechanical Units: Used for activating and deactivating tracks, positioners and
other units for monitoring by the controller.
Play: Used for starting the simulation,this will start all rapid programs configured in the
simulation setup.
Pause: Used for pausing and stepping the simulation.
Stop: Used for stopping and resetting the simulation.
Reset: Used for resetting the simulation.
I/O Simulator: Used for displaying and setting signal,groups and cross-connections
during program execution.
Monitor: Used for visually detecting critical robot movements during simulation.
Record Simulation: Used for recording the next simulation to a video clip.
Controller tab:
It is used for accessing,controlling,configuring the tasks assigned to the virtual controller.
Restart: Used for restarting the controller and activate changes made to the system.
Backup: Used for managing backups.
Inputs/Outputs: Used for displaying the input and output signals.
Events: Used for displaying the events log of the controller.
File Transfer: Used for transferring files and folders between the pc and a controller.
Signal Analyzer Online: Used for displaying and analyzing signal data.
Configuration Editor: Used for viewing and editing the system parameters of a specific
topic in a controller.
Load Parameters: Used for loading a configuration file to the controller.
Save Parameters: Used for saving system parameters to a configuration file.
Properties: Used for viewing and setting the various properties of the controller.
Installation Manager: Used for managing robot ware 6.
Import Options: Used for importing system options to the media pool.
Integrated Vision: Used for setting up the vision system.
Safety: Used for setting up safe move and electronic position switches.
Control Panel: Used for switching between the operational modes of the controller.
Edit Systems: Used for configuring a number of spatial functions in the controller.
Task Frames: Used for setting the position and orientation of task frames.
Go Offline: Used for creating a virtual controller that matches the system and a transfer
relation with the original system.
Create Relation: Used for creating a transfer relation between controllers.
Rapid tab:
It contains the controls for synchronizing,accessing,inserting and editing the tools.
Selected Tasks: Used for selecting the RAPID tastks to start and stop.
Start: Used for starting the execution of RAPID tasks in the system.
Step in: Used for starting and executing into a routine,while stopping at the beginning of
the routine.
Step out: Used for executing all remaining statements of the current routine,and stopping
after the call to the current routine.
Step over: Used for starting and executing one statement in all normal tasks in the system.
Stop: Used for stopping the execution of PAPID tasks in the system..
Add-ins tab:
The add-ins tab is used for controlling the power pacs and Visual Studio Tools For
Applications(VSTA).It offers some tools namely:
In Community tool, we have Robot Apps which is used for showing the robot apps
window.
In Robot Ware tool, it consists of two packages namely:
Install Package: Used for installing a downloaded package.
Migrate Robot ware: Used for migrating to Robotware6.
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