{"id":1005,"date":"2018-11-08T06:52:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T11:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2023-04-28T05:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:19:00","slug":"simulate-robot-conveyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/simulate-robot-conveyor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Correct Way to Simulate a Robot Conveyor"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most challenging tasks in offline programming is to simulate a robot conveyor. Here are 10 best practices to make it easier.<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nConveyors can be difficult to simulate. As soon as you add moving objects to your robot program, things start to get tricky.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, there are certain steps you can take to make it easier to simulate a conveyor with offline programming.<\/p>\n

3 Good Examples of Simulated Conveyors<\/h2>\n

The best way to learn good programming practices is to look at well-designed examples.<\/p>\n

In RoboDK, we’ve tried to make it as easy as possible to add a conveyor to your simulation. You can find three conveyor demos in the Library directory, which is added when you <\/a>install RoboDK<\/a> to your computer.<\/p>\n

The Different Ways to Program in RoboDK<\/h3>\n

There are three ways that you can program aspects of a RoboDK simulation. Each of these is demonstrated in the conveyor demos. They are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. As a mechanism\/robot:<\/strong> Robots are programmed as mechanisms in RoboDK and conveyors can be programmed as linear mechanisms.<\/li>\n
  2. As a graphical program:<\/strong> You can make robot programs with graphical programming using the instruction icons such as Linear Movement<\/em>, Pause<\/em>, Set I\/O<\/em>, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. As a python script:<\/strong> Almost anything can be programmed into RoboDK as a simple Python script, including robot programs and mechanisms. Sensors are always simulated as Python scripts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Example 1: Conveyor with 2 Robots<\/h3>\n

    Our most popular demo shows two robots loading and unloading a conveyor with grippers. The video shows an entire tutorial for creating this demo yourself.<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Type of conveyor:<\/strong> Python scripted<\/li>\n
    • Robot program:<\/strong> Graphical programming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n