Hi all!
I have a question regarding the possibility to control a Fanuc robot from PC (preferably via Ethernet Socket communication) in order to perform an assembly job. The robot is a FANUC M-710iC (70) with the Controller R-30iB. Does Fanuc have an interface which allows to control the robot in real-time (similar to KUKA's Robot Sensor Interface http://vip.gatech.edu/wiki/images/3/…orInterface.pdf )?
Basically I would like to start a data exchange with the robot. During this the robot should send to the PC the joint states periodically and receive from the PC the joints' angles or velocity for each joint angle. The data exchange should happen as fast as possible (e.g. receive and send information each 12 ms or so). KUKA has this feature and it can send and receive packets every 12 ms (in standard IPO mode) or 4 ms (IPO fast mode). Universal Robots also provide this. Then I would be able to write the software driver on the PC's side which configures the connection (IP address, port number etc.), sends the data to the robot and receives the data from the robot.
Cheers,
Kaladze