Re: Training a paint arm robot

I think Dancam might be able to handle that job it has a "jog and
learn" capability

Regards
Bob Thomas

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> Several years ago I saw a program where a robot paint arm was
> trained manually by moving the paint arm. The arm was placed in

lean

> mode and then a person would paint the object by moving the arm.
> Once the training was complete the robot could duplicate the spray
> pattern. Does anyone know an easy and affordable way to implement
> this? I know that Galil Montion Control board's have a
> learn/training mode; however. I would have to spend over $6,000 on
> controller boards, not to mention the encoders and motors.
>
> My thinking is a PC based system that would record the timing and
> signals on the various encoders for the lean mode. I would think
> this would be a relatively easy program to write, and there should
> be some shareware or low cost software out there. Does anyone have
> any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Bill