Increasing robot programming productivity

    Hello guys,

    I am doing only a few projects per year... soo I am doing the programming from the teach pendant for most of the applications and only using SprutCAM if we have milling projects

    I was wondering if people who have a much bigger volume of robot programming are doing the programming offline with different software or still doing it with the teach pendant.

    I am looking to increase my productivity and learn from experts.

    Could you please share with me how do you approach when you have projects with 10 + robots, what software do you use besides KukaSim.

    Thank you!

    Hi, generally each robot brand have its own set of tools.

    RoboGuide - Fanuc (programming + simulation), paid.

    - or you can use text editor if robot have ASCII Upload option, but i cant recommend this way.

    RobotStudio - ABB (programming (free) + simulation (paid))

    - also possible to use text editor

    SimPro - Kuka (simulation + basic commands for programming) paid + OfficeLite for simulation of "real" robot controller.

    - for code editing there is WorkVisual directly from KUKA, or free OrangeEdit

    Yaskawa, Hyundai, UR.. each have its own and for most of brands is possible to use text editor for code writing.

    Also there are some specific code editors like Steineke or Dramat, which are used for programming in automotive standards.

    For bigger volume of robots and versatility of brands is mostly used Process Simulate, which is universal robot simulation tool with possibility of different postprocessors for code generation. I used this tool for ABB, Fanuc, KUKA simulation and direct code generating.

    Similar software but much cheaper is RoboDK.

    Except for ABB, I would almost always prefer to use Process simulate for simulation and offline programing. Or just good text editor with syntax checker for code writing.

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