Robots!

[irobotix]

Just wondering if there would ever be any interest by HSMWorks to get into the offline robot programming market?  There is a company called RobotMaster who has done it with MasterCAM - so I was wondering if HSMWorks would ever have interest in looking into it?  Robots don't really make good CNC machines for milling metals, but many people are using them for deburring, welding, dispensing, handling, and various other material removal systems that could take advantage of HSM 2D and 3D toolpaths....

We toyed around with making a post processor for a robot we use in house for plasma cutting...this video shows a Motoman UP50 robot that posted to from HSMWorks after going through our small post-post processor to arrange the G-code into an actual Motoman robot program, as well as add some more math for the robot to interpolate the circles better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkkHI2FJxV8&feature=g-upl

It would be very cool to see HSMWorks get into the offline programming market for industrial robots - and we could offer our expertise or even some robots for testing....

[Anonymous]

Rene - which version of KUKA supports this postprocessor? Sounds interesting if can push our robot to do some milling 🙂
What we have here is KR150 with KRC2 - year 2003 - is it fits?

[kb9ydn]

This has nothing to do with anything, but whenever I see this thread pop up I think of this song:

http://youtu.be/VXa9tXcMhXQ

;D

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[Anonymous]

Classic! I think this should be the new development uniform... "They are functioning Automatik. And they are coding Mekanik. They are the Robots."

If you like Kraftwerk, check out this live version from 2013 - http://youtu.be/b0j5GOlC9VA.

[fonsecr]

Rene - which version of KUKA supports this postprocessor? Sounds interesting if can push our robot to do some milling 🙂
What we have here is KR150 with KRC2 - year 2003 - is it fits?

I sent you the Kuka post so you can see if it will work for you.

[kb9ydn]

Anthony Graves wrote:
Classic! I think this should be the new development uniform... "They are functioning Automatik. And they are coding Mekanik. They are the Robots." If you like Kraftwerk, check out this live version from 2013 - http://youtu.be/b0j5GOlC9VA.

LOL!  Yes, that should definitely be the new dress code for developers.  Especially for René, whom I suspect *is* actually a robot since he appears to be working on a weekend!

Incidentally I'll be seeing Kraftwerk live next month in Chicago.  Should be quite entertaining!

I'll stop spamming up this thread now.  😄

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[Anonymous]

Hello,

we are working with a Comau robot. Would you have a post processor for this robot? If not, could you please send the post processor for Kuka? I am pretty sure it would be straight forward to adapt it for Comau then.

Thank you in advance,
Diego

[hahn_rossman]

I would also like a copy of the KUKA post for fusion 360. We just recieved a new KUKA arm at the UW and are starting to mess around with it. Thanks!

Hahn Rossman

[Anonymous]

May I get KUKA Post for HSM2016
salih@sam.com.tr

[lukes79]

Hello,

Is it possible send the kuka post You created?

Thank You

[ivan.stanojevic]

@lukes79

http://cam.autodesk.com/posts/?p=kuka

[lukes79]

thank You

[winkler.michael]

Hello René!

I have posted my problem already in an other forum. (CAM)

With further research i found your discussion here. I think my problem is more related to the post processor, so i think it should belong here.

Can you move my post here? Or could you already give me advice on my problem?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-computer-aided/milling-multiple-sides-of-a-part-post-proce...

Best Regards

Michael

[hahn_rossman]

Feel free to post here if it helps!
Hahn

[winkler.michael]

Hello!

My setup:

I am using a 6-axis robot arm with a milling spindle mounted onto it. 

My Problem:

I am trying to mill multiple sides of a part without any physical reorientation. Milling the first side is no problem, but when the robot has to rotate to the second side I could recognize that it moves to a wrong location. 

I have checked the post processor outputs. For me it looks like the post processor does not consider that there has been a reorientation. Therfore the outputs for the axis X,Y,Z seem to be wrong/swapped. 

First side:

Second side:

I have also tried to follow the instructions given at this link: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/de/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/DE...

 but I think this is not what i need.

I have added the outputs of the post processor in the attachments.

I have also added my fusion 360 project.

I am using a post processor for kuka robots which i have modified a little bit, so it matches with my axis configuration. (also in the attachments)

Does anyone know why i have this problem or has anyone faced a similiar problem? I am happy for any advice you could give me.

Michael

[thomasspieg]

Hello Rene',

can you please provide your KUKA post with the tutorial for Fusion 360 etc.?

Thank you,

best

Thomas