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Thread: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: RE: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: RE: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
| Thanks Albert, the copy/paste values had the error exactly as you said. I define tools by right clicking the tool, clicking Define, then typing in 8 poses from the robot. If I want to add a tool, I r... |
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Thread: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: RE: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: RE: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
| We're going to try rotate A6 to 90deg and remaster only that joint (at 90°). Right now it's mastered at zero deg. Our other cell is set up this way and has no problems, so we'll try duplicate it to th... |
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Thread: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
Post: filtering is causing tool to wildly reorient
| A .src file works fine unfiltered, but when I drag&drop, "filter only", and run the filtered code, it's causing my tool to reorient by almost 180 degrees sometimes and impact the part. I've been... |
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Thread: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
| (01-09-2023, 11:20 AM)Albert Wrote: Automatically linking to your Tool 2 requires a line like this one: Code:$TOOL=TOOL_DATA[2] Note the dollar sign was missing on the SRC file you provided. Wi... |
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Thread: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
| Isn't that what the SetTool(n) is supposed to do? From post #8 here: https://robodk.com/forum/Thread-Machinin...03#pid7003 |
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Thread: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
| I got the rotation corrected, the $AXIS_DIR was 1 rather than -1 in the machine.dat file on the robot. Still having the weird problem with the Tool data though. |
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Thread: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
Post: RE: help with Kuka calibration
| Thanks for the response Albert, we got the mechanism set up the next day using the laser. For some reason it rotated 176deg around Z, I don't know how to make it align X to world X other than changing... |
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Thread: help with Kuka calibration
Post: help with Kuka calibration
Post: help with Kuka calibration
| I calibrated our cell but have a huge error. With the "follow tracker" option unchecked, the laser was exactly where it needed to be on 65 out of 70 points. Am I missing something obvious, or is there... |
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Thread: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: RE: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: RE: recalibrate after robot collision
| Okay cool I'll give it a whirl. We're running filtered programs right now, and the paths are filtering just fine as far as I can tell. Fighting with the CAM program to give me a better path to start w... |
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Thread: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: RE: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: RE: recalibrate after robot collision
| I'm also trying to recalibrate the rotary table here, the level was adjusted soon after the last calibration. The green dot on Base 17 means that base was calibrated, right? What do I recalibrate it ... |
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Thread: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: recalibrate after robot collision
Post: recalibrate after robot collision
| Our arm had a pretty significant collision and we ended up replacing the spindle. I have a calibrated cell that I was about to start filtering programs through, but after the collision I wanted to rec... |
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Thread: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
| Another update on this, if I just drag the SRC file into RoboDK, and select "Filter Only", it will post a filtered SRC file. I'll run a physical test with it tonight or tomorrow. |
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Thread: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
| (11-02-2022, 03:17 PM)Albert Wrote: You can then import your SRC file (as pose targets) and you can make sure the movement it does is what you expect.I'm able to import a SRC file as pose targets an... |
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Thread: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
| Okay, so I imagine I should be able to put anything into BAS(#BASE, [number]) in RoboDK, and it would assume I have the settings correct on the robot to match that. Since it's been running Sprutcam fo... |
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Thread: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
Post: RE: External axis hijacks references
| (10-07-2022, 11:08 AM)Albert Wrote: Excellent! Thank you for your feedback. I just sent you an email with more information. Let us know if you need help customizing the post processor to make sure... |
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Thread: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
| Through a chat with Jeremy I learned the S B010 is a status, not the external position at all. It works to synchronize the axis to get the E1 output, but then the poses are all screwed up. My system ... |
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Thread: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
| Got part of this. The imported SRC file can't have a $ in front of the base and tool data. correct import: BASE=BASE_DATA[1] TOOL=TOOL_DATA[3] This makes roboDK fill in the data according to Fra... |
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Thread: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
| Two notes on this: I will definitely need to use base data from RoboDK rather than finding the center of the rotary with each TCP (they're always different by ~1mm), then if I need to change a tool f... |
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Thread: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
Post: RE: Failed to filter instruction
| That worked, I must have something else wrong in my sprutcam cell now. The imported code has the external axis at -90 for the first half, then +90 for the second half. The filtered code has E1 at 0 th... |
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Thread: Failed to filter instruction
Post: Failed to filter instruction
Post: Failed to filter instruction
| I'm trying to drag a SRC program into robodk and filter it. the cell is defined and calibrated, attached here. I set the base and tool frames to true in the post so they should add their own value f... |
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Thread: BEST CAD/CAM for Plasma Cutting
Post: RE: BEST CAD/CAM for Plasma Cutting
Post: RE: BEST CAD/CAM for Plasma Cutting
| Is a Sprutcam pliugin coming in the near future? |
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Thread: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
| (08-13-2022, 02:26 PM)Albert Wrote: if nominal accuracy is 2-5 mm I don't think that redoing your mastering and recalibrating again will give you better accuracy with the calibrated model My nominal... |
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Thread: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
| Something else with this that I don't understand. I ran through this, and the laser would point exactly to where the SMR ended up each pose. So I expected the calibration to be like zero mm error, b... |
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Thread: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
| (08-11-2022, 06:40 AM)Albert Wrote: Do you have any suggestions for us to improve the calibration documentation? It's actually pretty well laid out, I just rush through things when I'm reading. The... |
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Thread: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
Post: RE: Iterative calibrating
| (08-12-2022, 07:38 AM)Albert Wrote: You should not run the mastering procedure after calibrating your robot. I guess I misunderstood this note, this must refer to doing what you're saying - master-... |
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Thread: Iterative calibrating
Post: Iterative calibrating
Post: Iterative calibrating
| If I run a calibration, then master my arm, then finish by inputting the link lengths into the machine.dat of the kuka controller - can I then update the link lengths in RoboDK, and re-run the calibra... |
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Thread: What happened to Mastering Program?
Post: RE: What happened to Mastering Program?
Post: RE: What happened to Mastering Program?
| (08-11-2022, 06:17 AM)Albert Wrote: You should select Calib. param. (calibration parameters), then, select Mastering and OK to see the mastering option. Works perfectly. Thank you Albert!! |
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Thread: What happened to Mastering Program?
Post: What happened to Mastering Program?
Post: What happened to Mastering Program?
| See link: Robot Calibration (Laser Tracker) - RoboDK Documentation This is exactly what I need at the moment, a program to send my arm to the proper home position so I can unmaster and remaster it. D... |
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Thread: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
| Solved!! I checked angles from manually jogging, and A5 was at 90deg when the controller thought it was at 70. I had the incorrect $machine.dat - corrected that based on the nameplate on the arm,... |
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Thread: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
Post: RE: Not enough valid calibration points
| I tried creating a tcp on the robot outside of robodk and the error was 33mm, apparently my mastering was garbage. Running through that again today, until I can create a TCP on the teach pendant, then... |
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