RobotStudio 6.04 and 6.04.01 - PowerPoint Presentation

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RobotStudio 6.04 and 6.04.01News

Henrik Berlin, ABB/DMRO/PRS, December 12

th

, 2016

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Robotics lifecycleThe phases of a project

Visualization

Engineering

Virtual

Commissioning

Fleet

Management

Start-

u

p

Projects

Proposals

Operation

Supervision

Sales

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New robot – IRB 6700 Inverted 2.60m and 2.90m

For MH and SW, LeanID or

naked

, 210kg – 300kg

Sales

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New robot - IRB 1200 Foundry Plus

TBD

Sales

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New robot

IRB 1660ID 1.55 m / 4 kg

6 kg variant

added

already

in 6.03.01

Sales

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Virtual RealityWorks

with

RobotStudio and Station Viewer

HTC

Vive features

Motion tracking sensors for

location and orientation trackingHand controls for interaction with the virtual worldCommand

extensibility for HTC Vive through RobotStudio API (beta)

Customization of available commands

in VR environmentHTC Vive

Visualization

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Shortcut to change RobotWare options

For Virtual Controllers

Easy

to

modify

RW options

Engineering

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YuMi

Collision

Avoidance

for Smart Gripper

Engineering

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YuMiNew definition of arm

angle

and

configuration

dataUse old definition for existing

programs Configurable

through Configuration Editor (MOC.CFG)Old definition to be made obsolete in future RobotWare versions.New definition of arm

angle and arm configuration data

Engineering

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TCP Trace

Feature:

Color TCP trace according to signal of choice

Benefit

: Enables analysis and optimization of motion for e.g. path-following applications.

Engineering

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TCP TraceVideo demo

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Data Recovery

Four

ways

of

securing your data

Engineering

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Data

recovery

, part I

Saves un-applied changes in editor

Saves changes in VC since last restart

RobotStudio notifies user when auto-saved changes are detected.

AutoSave of RAPID

1

. Edit RAPID

3

.

R

eview and

approve auto-saved

changes

2. In the event of a software

failure

(RS or VC). Re-open the station.

Engineering

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Data

recovery

, part II

AutoSave

of stations

2

.

File

created

(.

rsautosave

)

3

. In the event of a software

failure, re-open station. If

AutoSave data

detected

…4

. Original .rsstn

renamed

to .bak

1

. Business as

usual

Engineering

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Previous station file copied and

renamed

Data

Recovery

, part III

Automatic

backup of station files

Engineering

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Virtual controllers of station backed upPre-requisite: Solution

Data

Recovery

, part IV

Automatic

backup of virtual

contorllers

Engineering

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PulseDO instruction template added

The

instruction

template for

PulseDo

is added to the default set of instruction

templates for offline programmingNo need to create it yourself.

New for 6.04.01

Engineering

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Smart Component Design View

Add

signals and

properties

Press ’+’ to add signals or

properties

Press

drop

-down to

select

signals for exposure

Context

menu

for

connections

Engineering

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Create local RAPID declarations

1.

Create

and

sync

targets

RAPID synchronization

2.

Select

LOCAL checkbox

3.

Voila

!

Declared

as LOCAL in RAPID.

Can

only be

configured

first

time

targets

are

synced

.

Engineering

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Gfx Statistics

For

optimizing

graphics

performance

Engineering

Identify

part

with

most

impact

on

gfx

performance

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RAPID EditorComplete

Word

function

(old

function):

Matching words

displayed in list when typing. Selected word can be inserted.

New option in 6.04.01:Word insertion optionally

restricted to TAB and ENTER (default).In 6.03.02 and

earlier also SPACE, comma (’,’) and semi-colon inserted (’;’) word. (the ’unselected’ behavior)The effect

:Option selected: Action required to

insert selection. (TAB or ENTER)

Option unselected: Action required NOT to insert selection. (ESC key closes list)New option for RAPID IntelliSense word completion

New for 6.04.01

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CommissioningUtility

folder

comes

with RobotWare and contains

CFG files for various

equipmentShortcut to utility

B

oth

for real and virtual controllers

Start-

u

p

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Comparison tool

Feature:

RAPID-

aware

file

and folder comparison. Benefit:

Identify changes made between two backups.For comparison

of files and folders

Violet for new

files

Compare

folders

Compare files

Red for

changed

files or folders

Violet for new

lines

Red for

changed

lines

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Delete all logs

Clears the log in RobotStudio and the controller

Start-

u

p

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SafeMove 1st generationSafeMove Configurator discontinued

Use Visual SafeMove to

configure

SafeMove 1st gen.

New icons

Same style as SafeMove 2nd gen

Old SafeMove Configurator discontinued

Start-

u

p

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SafeMove 1st generationFeature:

View

Safety

Report

of an already

safety configured robot system.

Benefit: Print and file lost reports from existing safety configurations.

View and Print Safety Report of existing

configuration

Start-

u

p

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SafeMove 2nd generation

General Output

Functionality

of ’External

PowerSupply

’ to

allow

activation

in manual mode

without

enabling device being depressed.Renamed

to ’General Output’Use option ’Follow enabling device

in manual mode’ for old behavior of ’External

PowerSupply’Start-

up

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Jobs Recap

Features

Supports

large

installations

Integrated

in RobotStudio

Excel based

Benefits

Efficient

robot management

Job = Action +

Device

List

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JobsFeature: Jobs

can

be

scheduled

.Benefit

: Allows for automatic,

unattended, execution at user-defined intervals. Command-

line execution / Scheduled Jobs

C:\>RunJob.exe

"C

:\MyJobs\BackupRobots.xml

" /

defaultCredentials192.168.54.131: Pending

192.168.54.132

:

Pending192.168.54.132: Working

192.168.54.131

:

Working192.168.54.131: Failure

192.168.54.132:

Success

Execution complete

C:\>

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Backup RAPID program

modules

(.mod).

Subset

of full backup.Benefit: Reduces amount of data when identifying changes made to robot program

since previous backup.

New Action: Backup Program Modules

Fleet

Management

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Jobs Feature:

Compare

folders for all controllers in

device

listBenefit: Allows

comparison of

current and previous backups.New Action: Compare folders

Fleet

Management

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JobsFeature: Read

any

information from

Device

Browser through

Jobs. Common properties pre-defined

:Fan Speed, Temperature (CPU and main comp) MemoryBenefit: Scan robot population for selected

properties as ’sanity-check’

New Action: Read Device Information

1.

Lookup

property and copy ID

2.

Paste

in Action field

3.

Run

Job and check report

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Files

and

Directories

can

be read from, or, copied to the controllers.Benefit: Easy collection and distribution of files and directories.

Improved Action: Read/Write File or Directory

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Individual

record

fields

can

be read.Benefit: Focus on interesting data. Reduced data transfer.Improved Action: Search RAPID data (individual

fields)

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Backup to controller

file

system or

other disk accessible

from the controllerBenefit: No need to route backup files via Jobs PC. Improved Action: Backup to controller file system

Fleet

Management

New for 6.04.01

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JobsFeature: Build name patterns by selecting from list of replacement strings.

Benefit:

Increased ease-of-use.

Ease-of-use

:

Improved

UI for replacement strings

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Controller ID as replacement string.

Benefit:

Identify controllers by controller ID.

Ease-of-use: Controller ID as replacement string

Fleet

Management

New for 6.04.01

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Jobs Feature:

Shortcut

to

report

folder location.

Benefit: Easier to find

Excel reports.Ease-of-use: Open folder location for Excel reports

Fleet

Management

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Jobs

Feature:

Serial number and controller ID added as default column in Excel report.

Benefit:

Easy-of-use.

Ease-of-use: Serial number and controller ID in report

Fleet

Management

Controller ID new for 6.04.01

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JobsFeature:

Multiple

Actions

added

to a JobBenefit: Reduces

number of

Jobs required. Enables comparison to be made in connection to backup.Multi-action Jobs

Fleet

Management

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Integrated Vision components updated

Supports COGNEX

cameras

with

firmware version 5.xFirmware

of COGNEX cameras can be upgraded to version 5.x (if supported by the camera)ABB cameras can be

upgraded to firmware version 4.10.2Cannot be upgraded

to firmware version 5.x.

New for 6.04.01

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32-bit / 64- bit versionsDefault version is now

64-bit,

headings

changed 64-bit version:

32-bit version

64-bit version and additional RAM is recommended when working with 3D.32-bit version to be discontinued in 6.06 (2017.2)

Summary

of 32/64-bit

support32-bit64-bitScreenMaker✔

✘

Integrated Vision

✔✘SolidWorks CAD

Converter✘ (2015+)

✔

EPS Wizard✔

✔

Visual SafeMove (1st& 2

nd)✔✔

Everything else in RobotStudio

✔

✔

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