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Posted by David McMillan on May 16, 2006, 3:12 pm
Ales wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new here although I read contributions quite often.
>
> Please, does anybody have some experience with the following products
> for offline programming of industrial robots?
>
> ABB Robot Studio (ver 3.x or 5.X)
> KUKA KukaSim Pro/Layout
> Camelot Robsim
> Easy-rob
The first is mostly an online tool for using ABB robots, in my
experience. I haven't found much use for it offline, though it's still
a bit new to me. It's ABB-specific. A copy has come with every ABB
robot I've ever used. Needs an ethernet crossover cable.
KUKASim is an actual 3D modelling/simulation package. Again, it's
brand specific, although you can use it to model external motion units
other than KUKA robots. Pretty darn expensive, though.
The last two I'm not personally familiar with, although they *sound*
like programs in the RobCAD/Delmia simulation mode.
The key is, do you want to do offline *programming,* or offline
*simulation*? The first can be done with just a text editor, for most
of the major robot brands, as long as you know the language. If you
want to do full motion simulations, then you get into some very pricey
software, and converting the sim into runnable code is always a bit
tricky, even with the best software around. Plus, you usually have to
get an add-on package of some kind to translate the 3D simulation into
the brand-specific robot code you need.
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>
> I'm new here although I read contributions quite often.
>
> Please, does anybody have some experience with the following products
> for offline programming of industrial robots?
>
> ABB Robot Studio (ver 3.x or 5.X)
> KUKA KukaSim Pro/Layout
> Camelot Robsim
> Easy-rob