I am a novice at robotics and need help integrating two different software/hardware programs. One program controls a robotic arm (Uarm swift pro). One program controls a motorized microscope stage. I need the gcode software (goko) to open the microscope slide clamp using a stepper motor at the correct moment when the robotic arm brings the slide over the microscope. The robotic arm uses JavaScript/xml. I've attached images of the GUIs of the two softwares. Is it possible to integrate this two unique platforms either via software or hardware (digital I/O)?
Uarm swift pro and gcode cnc software/hardware integration
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badassbiologist -
May 6, 2020 at 10:00 PM -
Thread is Unresolved
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I only heard about Uarm, and never saw Goko before your post.
But I would advice You to look if both of them have some kind of interface/exchange protocol, like OPC-UA.
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HawkME
May 7, 2020 at 1:14 PM Moved the thread from forum For discussion of ROBOTS ONLY --- Forum rules and informations. to forum General Discussion of Industrial Robots Only. -
Well, I believe the UArm has some GPIO signal pins available. The question is, what does the other unit have? If it also has GPIO pins, then it should be a simple matter of connecting the I/O of the two units (probably should use some opto-isolators or relays in between -- and check the voltage levels on both ends!), then have one unit give the other feedback and accept commands.