Robot Movement Programming and Simulation Generation for Pick and Place Materials in ABB Robot Studio

Abstract

This paper describes a program for robot movement for pick and place materials using ABB Robot Studio. Program allows its users to make a complete workspace for robot control via virtual work space and make simulation for robot movement. Users can make their own 3D model of the work piece and import it to the virtual workspace. Advantage of making the simulation is exposing errors without direct contact with robot and its workspace. If no errors are present in the simulation users generate the program code for robot movement in accordance with demanding conditions. At the end of the experiment of pick and place materials the users are introduced to the Robot Studio software package. Users are able, after the experiment, to build a robot workspace for transport of materials with the help of the lecturer. The advantage of doing the experiment is that the users get to know the software directly, which enables the design of certain objects within the program itself. In order to improve the experiment, the objects of manipulation has different forms, where users are given the chance to design the parts themselves in the SolidWorks program and to import that 3D model into Robot Studio by saving the modeled part with.SAT extension, then add another task for the robot to move around the contour of the object after placing the part, simulating the type of a milling process, where users use the knowledge gained from placing the targets of the end effectors.