I have an LR Mate with line-tracking (encoder hardware and options included)
I want to put this on a rail to move it over a larger area (inverted)
The obvious implementation is that a secondary axis (in a second motion group) will control the rail, with the encoder connected to the robot, and the surface under the robot is treated like a conveyor to be tracked using the encoder mounted on the rail. Then an independent move would be commanded to bring the robot in range of a distant pick, and then the pick move would be commanded.
My question is, is the above scenario the best implementation with this robot and hardware, or is there an implementation that treats the rail-axis as integrated to the pick-move and the robot is commanded to pick somewhere on the table, and this command results in all seven axes (rail included) moving to allow the robot to reach the pick position regardless of where it is at?
Thanks