> EMC2 has been used to control a number of industrial robots, I suspect > that it would be much cheaper and easier to by a second-hand Puma or > equivalent and then control that with an independent EMC PC. > This is Alex Joni's home-built robot controlled by EMC2 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxwAX8G3oI
not mine, but froma friend in germany. I only uploaded the vid, and helped him sort it out. But anyways, there is a puma config in emc2 (sim so far, but Sam Sokolik is working on changing that -> nudge) > I suspect that a true general-purpose robot would be overkill for a > lathe loader, but if it could reach both the mill and the lathe and > perform double-duty then it makes more sense. Otherwise a much simpler > machine (rather like an automatic tool changer for a mill) might be > better for the lathe. I agree that it might be overkill, but it would be too cool ;) You could even train it to change tools on a mill if you like ... Regards, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
