[H.tanino]

I am trying to run a program I created with RoboDK on elephant robotics' cobot 280 M5. The program's post processor was mycobot, and the data was created in .py format.

If I want to run this program on an actual machine, should I connect the PC and cobot directly and run it as a python program from the command prompt? Also, how do I apply the RoboDK program to a full-scale collaborative robot? I would appreciate it if you could let me know.

[Albert]

When generating a program for Elephant Robotics, make sure you enter the correct IP or COM port of the robot in the robot connection menu (select Connect-Connect robot).

What do you mean by a full-scale collaborative robot? You can change the robot by right clicking on a robot and select Replace robot.

[H.tanino]

Thank you for your help, Albert.

I checked the COM number in the device manager and entered COM4, but is it okay to leave the robot port below it at the default value? It doesn't connect.

A full-fledged collaborative robot is a robot that has a robot controller, such as a Universal Robot, and the mycobot 280 M5 is a learning robot and does not have a controller. Therefore, I think the transfer method and file format of the program created with RoboDK are different.

[Albert]

If you are using a COM port (serial), the port number in the second field is ignored.

[H.tanino]

Thank you for your advice, Albert.

I tried it as advised, and the log showed the following.

Driver for RoboDK 5.7.1.24045
Disconnected
Stopped
Starting robot driver: C:/RoboDK/api/robot/cobot_280_M5Driver.exe
Using RoboDK RoboDK v5.7.1
Starting...
Error: Process failed to start: The specified file cannot be found. (id 0)
Cannot start C:/RoboDK/api/robot/cobot_280_M5Driver.exe
Failed

Does this mean I need a robot driver for the cobot280 M5? How should I deal with this?

[Albert]

We actually don't have a driver for Elephant Robotics myCobot. 

Can you provide us with the programming manual and program examples? We'll try to add it to the list of post processors and drivers to add.

[H.tanino]

Albert, I'm sorry for the late response.

I looked into it as much as I could, but it may not be what you need. Please check it out. I've attached the PDF file and the GitHub URL.

github  URL:
https://github.com/elephantrobotics/pymycobot

https://static.elephantrobotics.com/wp-c...ual-EN.pdf

[Albert]

Thank you! We'll try to add the driver for Elephant Robotics myCobot in a timely manner.

In the meantime, you should be able to generate robot programs for Elephant Robotics MyCobot without issues using the latest version of RoboDK.