Henrik Berlin, ABB/DMRO/PRS, December 12th, 2016

RobotStudio 6.04 and 6.04.01

News

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March 22, 2019 Slide 1
Robotics lifecycle
The phases of a project

Sales Proposals Visualization Projects

Supervision Engineering

Fleet Management Operation Start-up Virtual

Commissioning

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New robot – IRB 6700 Inverted 2.60m and 2.90m
For MH and SW, LeanID or naked, 210kg – 300kg

Sales

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New robot - IRB 1200 Foundry Plus

Sales  TBD

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New robot
IRB 1660ID 1.55 m / 4 kg

Sales

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Virtual Reality
HTC Vive

Visualization  Works with RobotStudio and Station Viewer

 HTC Vive features
 Motion tracking sensors for location and orientation tracking

 Hand controls for interaction with the virtual world

 Command extensibility for HTC Vive through RobotStudio API (beta)

 Customization of available commands in VR environment

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Shortcut to change RobotWare options
For Virtual Controllers

Engineering  Easy to modify RW options

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YuMi
Collision Avoidance for Smart Gripper

Engineering

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YuMi
New definition of arm angle and arm configuration data

Engineering

 New definition of arm angle and configuration data

 Use old definition for existing programs
 Configurable through Configuration Editor (MOC.CFG)

 Old definition to be made obsolete in future RobotWare

versions.

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TCP Trace

Engineering

 Feature: Color TCP trace according to signal of choice

 Benefit: Enables analysis and optimization of motion for
e.g. path-following applications.

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TCP Trace
Video demo

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Data Recovery
Four ways of securing your data

Engineering

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Data recovery, part I
AutoSave of RAPID

Engineering

2. In the event of a software

failure (RS or VC).
1. Edit RAPID Re-open the station.

 Saves un-applied changes

in editor
 Saves changes in VC since
last restart
 RobotStudio notifies user
3. Review and approve when auto-saved changes
auto-saved changes
are detected.
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Data recovery, part II
AutoSave of stations

Engineering

1. Business as usual 2. File created (.rsautosave)

3. In the event of a software

failure, re-open station.
If AutoSave data detected… 4. Original .rsstn renamed to .bak

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Data Recovery, part III
Automatic backup of station files

Engineering

 Previous station file copied and renamed

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Data Recovery, part IV
Automatic backup of virtual contorllers

Engineering

 Virtual controllers of station backed up

 Pre-requisite: Solution

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PulseDO instruction template added

Engineering

 The instruction template for PulseDo is added to the default

set of instruction templates for offline programming
 No need to create it yourself.

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Smart Component Design View
Add signals and properties

Engineering
Press ’+’ to add Press drop-down
signals or to select signals
properties for exposure

Context
menu for
connections

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RAPID synchronization
Create local RAPID declarations

Engineering
1. Create and
sync targets

2. Select
LOCAL
checkbox
3. Voila!
Declared as
LOCAL in
RAPID.

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Gfx Statistics
For optimizing graphics performance

Engineering
Identify part
with most
impact on gfx
performance

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RAPID Editor
New option for RAPID IntelliSense word completion

 Complete Word function (old function):

 Matching words displayed in list when typing.

 Selected word can be inserted.

 New option in 6.04.01:

 Word insertion optionally restricted to TAB and ENTER
(default).

 In 6.03.02 and earlier also SPACE, comma (’,’) and semi-

colon inserted (’;’) word. (the ’unselected’ behavior)

 The effect:
 Option selected: Action required to insert selection. (TAB or
ENTER)

 Option unselected: Action required NOT to insert selection.

(ESC key closes list)

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Commissioning
Shortcut to utility

Start-up  Utility folder comes with

RobotWare and contains CFG
files for various equipment

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Comparison tool
For comparison of files and folders

Compare folders Compare files

Violet for
Red for new lines
Red for changed lines
changed files
or folders

Violet for
new files

 Feature: RAPID-aware file and folder comparison.

 Benefit: Identify changes made between two backups.

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Delete all logs
Clears the log in RobotStudio and the controller

Start-up

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SafeMove 1st generation
Old SafeMove Configurator discontinued

Start-up  SafeMove Configurator discontinued

 Use Visual SafeMove to configure SafeMove 1st gen.

 New icons
 Same style as SafeMove 2nd gen

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SafeMove 1st generation
View and Print Safety Report of existing configuration

Start-up

 Feature: View Safety Report of an already safety

configured robot system.
 Benefit: Print and file lost reports from existing safety
configurations.

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SafeMove 2nd generation
General Output

Start-up

 Functionality of ’External PowerSupply’ to allow activation in

manual mode without enabling device being depressed.
 Renamed to ’General Output’
 Use option ’Follow enabling device in manual mode’ for old
behavior of ’External PowerSupply’

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Jobs
Recap

Features
 Supports large installations
 Integrated in RobotStudio
 Excel based
Benefits
 Efficient robot management
Job = Action + Device List

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Jobs
Command-line execution / Scheduled Jobs

Fleet Management
C:\>RunJob.exe "C:\MyJobs\BackupRobots.xml"
/defaultCredentials

192.168.54.131: Pending
192.168.54.132: Pending
192.168.54.132: Working
192.168.54.131: Working
192.168.54.131: Failure
192.168.54.132: Success
Execution complete

C:\>

 Feature: Jobs can be scheduled.

 Benefit: Allows for automatic, unattended, execution at
user-defined intervals.

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Jobs
New Action: Backup Program Modules

Fleet Management

 Feature: Backup RAPID program modules (.mod). Subset

of full backup.
 Benefit: Reduces amount of data when identifying
changes made to robot program since previous backup.

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Jobs
New Action: Compare folders

Fleet Management

 Feature: Compare folders for all controllers in device list

 Benefit: Allows comparison of current and previous
backups.

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Jobs
New Action: Read Device Information

Fleet Management  Feature: Read any information from

Device Browser through Jobs. Common
properties pre-defined:
1. Lookup property
 Fan Speed,
and copy ID
 Temperature (CPU and main comp)

 Memory

2. Paste in  Benefit: Scan robot population for

Action field selected properties as ’sanity-check’

3. Run Job and

check report

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Jobs
Improved Action: Read/Write File or Directory

Fleet Management

 Feature: Files and Directories can be read from, or, copied

to the controllers.
 Benefit: Easy collection and distribution of files and
directories.

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Jobs
Improved Action: Search RAPID data (individual fields)

Fleet Management

 Feature: Individual record fields can be read.

 Benefit: Focus on interesting data. Reduced data transfer.

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Jobs
Improved Action: Backup to controller file system

Fleet Management

 Feature: Backup to controller file system or other disk

accessible from the controller
 Benefit: No need to route backup files via Jobs PC.

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Jobs
Ease-of-use: Improved UI for replacement strings

Fleet Management

 Feature: Build name patterns by selecting from list of

replacement strings.
 Benefit: Increased ease-of-use.

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Jobs
Ease-of-use: Controller ID as replacement string

Fleet Management

 Feature: Controller ID as replacement string.

 Benefit: Identify controllers by controller ID.

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Jobs
Ease-of-use: Open folder location for Excel reports

Fleet Management

 Feature: Shortcut to report folder location.

 Benefit: Easier to find Excel reports.

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Jobs
Ease-of-use: Serial number and controller ID in report

Fleet Management

 Feature: Serial number and controller ID added as default

column in Excel report.
 Benefit: Easy-of-use.

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Jobs
Multi-action Jobs

Fleet Management

 Feature: Multiple Actions added to a Job

 Benefit: Reduces number of Jobs required. Enables
comparison to be made in connection to backup.

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Integrated Vision components updated

 Supports COGNEX cameras with firmware version 5.x

 Firmware of COGNEX cameras can be upgraded to
version 5.x (if supported by the camera)
 ABB cameras can be upgraded to firmware version 4.10.2
 Cannot be upgraded to firmware version 5.x.

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32-bit / 64- bit versions

 Default version is now 64-bit, headings changed

 64-bit version:

 32-bit version

Summary of 32/64-bit support 32-bit 64-bit

ScreenMaker ✔ ✘
Integrated Vision ✔ ✘
SolidWorks CAD Converter ✘ (2015+) ✔
EPS Wizard ✔ ✔
Visual SafeMove (1st& 2nd) ✔ ✔
Everything else in RobotStudio ✔ ✔

 64-bit version and additional RAM is recommended when

working with 3D.
 32-bit version to be discontinued in 6.06 (2017.2)

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