tailieunhanh - Boot the bot: Java based simulation, code generator and live controller for abb robots

This paper discusses issues concerning algorithmic and innovative offline programming of ABB robots in the context of artistic and architectural purposes. It compares existing software tools for generating RAPID code and introduces Boot The Bot – a standalone, cross-platform digital tool to generate or import points plus extra data and export valid RAPID code for immediate execution on ABB robots | Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2013 Boot The Bot: Java-based Simulation, Code Generator and Live Controller for ABB Robots Richard Dank Institute of Architecture and Media, Graz University of Technology, Austria Email: dank@ Abstract—Half a century has passed since the introduction of the first Unimate. Now robots finally have arrived in the minds (and projects) of creatives worldwide. This paper discusses issues concerning algorithmic and innovative offline programming of ABB robots in the context of artistic and architectural purposes. It compares existing software tools for generating RAPID code and introduces Boot The Bot – a standalone, cross-platform digital tool to generate or import points plus extra data and export valid RAPID code for immediate execution on ABB robots. This program is the basic software application for several projects and subsequent research themes in TU Graz’s field of expertise Resource-Efficient Non-Standard Structures. And it can operate live and online. for example rely on the Variable Assembly Language (VAL), KUKA2 on KUKA Robot Language (KRL) and ABB 3 machinery is controlled with RAPID Code. [2] They fundamentally differentiate from each other – not only in terms of semiotics, semantics and syntactics. The interpreters require entirely different datasets to be able to move the robotic arm. This leads to several advantages as well as drawbacks. In the following paragraphs I would like to quickly sum up these characteristics of basic motion instructions and data types for ABB robots, so one could grasp the challenges there. Later I would like to present three other superb applications for RAPID offline programming, to be able to assess Boot The Bot (BTB). In the end the text shall outline some of the projects designers and artists have made utilizing BTB software and ABB machines. Index Terms—project and practical application of Algorithmic Design, Digital and physical robotic .