Does anyone know whether it is possible to reconfigure an entire robot (so all 6 axes) such that all axes become process axes?
Whole robot as process axes?
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rf103 -
June 11, 2018 at 10:12 PM -
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I cannot imagine why you would want to do that.
Fanuc Basic Process Axis has only speed control, no position control.
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Fanuc Basic Process Axis has only speed control, no position control.Exactly
What if I'd like to have velocity control over all axes?
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Well now I'm curious. What kind of application are you doing?
I'm not sure if it is possible or not.
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I'm trying to figure out whether it'd be possible to control an entire robot in velocity mode. With an external computer doing the FK/IK, this would allow for highly dynamic motions (based on camera input for instance). Think visual servoing, dynamic obstacle avoidance, etc. Position control mode doesn't work for those cases, and process axes seem to be the only way of achieving velocity control.
Before I try and reconfigure an entire robot I thought I'd ask whether someone had already tried doing that.
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I would look into the dynamic path modification option (DPM).
I think there are a few threads on here about it.
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Thanks for the suggestion. We're already using that. Going to full velocity control over all axes will make things possible we cannot do with plain position control (even with DPM).
Does anyone know whether a complete robot can be reconfigured with all axes as process axes?