[zejian]

Hi roboDK teams,

 

Our institute is currently researching the integration of a non-planar single-screw pellet extruder into a KUKA KR15/2 six-axis industrial robot for 3D printing applications. 

 

I'm now working on setting up a KUKA robot simulation and have run into a few format compatibility issues. I would appreciate your guidance on the following:

 

1. Issue with STL Splitting: I attempted to import the last KR15/2 robot CAD model provided as a single STL mesh. However, I was unable to use the "Split Object" function in RoboDK to separate the robot joints correctly, as described in the data sheet. After converting it into STEP format using SolidWorks, an error message shows ‘Unsupported curve type’ appears. Then the STEP format joint model are always output at a size of 2 KB.

 

2. .3dxml Format Support: My colleague has provided the official KUKA model file in .3dxml format (Catia/3DExperience), specifically for the KUKA KR15/2 model. Does RoboDK support importing .3dxml files in robot machining project directly? If so, can this format be used effectively to define a custom 6-axis robot mechanism?

 

3. URDF Import: Our robotics lab primarily uses a ROS environment. We plan to create a URDF package for this type of KR15/2 robot, which includes .obj files for visualization and .stl files for collision geometry. Does roboDK software have a native workflow or plugin to accept URDF descriptions directly? This would greatly simplify our setup process.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Best regards,

Gong, Zejian