Is it possible to send position or offset data from a PLC (Ethernet/IP) to a Fanuc robot (R-30ib controller, M-20ia robot)?
I need to pick up parts with the robot, but the machine the robots are integrated with needs to be able to run several different part numbers of different lengths.
Originally I was going to teach a pickup position for each part number and then just send the part number from the PLC to the controller and use that to determine which move to run before gripping that particular part.
The problem now is that the customer wants the ability to add additional part numbers to the machine via the HMI and then set a part length parameter. I need to be able to use this parameter to send an offset to the robot or somehow alter the position it moves to when it runs the pickup job (as long as the length parameter is within an acceptable range).
Any ideas on whether this is even possible and what the simplest/best approach would be?
I'm pretty new to FANUC. My experience is more on the YASKAWA side.
Thanks.