Blog Articles Tagged with “Programming”

Updated to Rev 1, 6-24-20. Added boolean tracking array to use every number only one time and a counter to reset.

So yesterday on another forum someone had asked about a function to generate random numbers from 1-100. I wanted to take up the challenge. It is really a pseudo random generator, grabbing the current system time, using the minutes and seconds to pick numbers from a multidimensional array. If you call it only from time to time or have a larger interval between using it, I expect that it should appear to be perfectly random. So here it is:

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I hope that you like it and maybe have a use for it. Have a great day!

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This module shows more file handling, both reading and writing. There is also quite a bit of array usage. I have already shared it on a github repo, but I feel that it follows well from the previous article. It reads Motoman files and converts the infromation into usable ABB Rapid code, creating loadable modules for the ABB. I hope that you all can find it useful, especially if you get the chance to use it and give some bug reports or feedback. Otherwise, take away some more knowledge.

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This program writes system parameter files which can then be loaded. Also, it writes a loadable rapid program module. I wasn't sure when I set out to do this if it would even work. It does! I had to cut out some stuff to make it fit this article. But the gist of it is there. Can you tell I like programming ABB robots? Real programming, stuff that maybe no one has ever tried to do before or thought of before. New and interesting challenges keep things from getting boring. The purpose of doing this is explained in the comments below in the program.
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Here is the next article on picking parts with robtarget arrays, taught by one position then calculating the rest of the array. In this one, since it is a flat tray, I had to set the "Z" value the same. The improved part is writing the orient and axis configuration also. I hope you find it informative and useful. I think I got the code formatted better this time. I will have to revisit the first article to see if I can fix it.

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