[lindberg87]

Hi, this might be a bit off-topic. 

I’m working with a Yaskawa DX200 MH50 robot equipped with a laser sensor. 

The sensor provides a status signal indicating whether the beam is active or interrupted, and its sensitivity can be adjusted directly on the device. I’m looking for knowledge on how to use this sensor in practice – for example, to update a user frame by having the robot search for the workpiece and measure certain positions.

The person who previously had experience with this is no longer with the company, and I’m now trying to learn how to use it myself. 

I can see that the sensor is set up as a tool and that its signal can be read in the robot’s menu, but I don’t yet know how to set up a job that actually updates the user frame. 

Therefore, I hope someone here can guide me further.

Best Regards
Stig.

[Albert]

I don't think this is off-topic. The forum is a great place to share this kind of project and knowledge! You could use the API to develop a custom integration in the simulation environment of RoboDK that you can later deploy on your robot.

Can your sensor measure distance? If so, it could somehow work like a touch probe and you could use our Probing Add-in. Otherwise, you may need a custom integration to adjust for a coordinate system based on some search algorithm.