Re: Training a paint arm robot

How many axes of motion do you need captured / controlled ?
If you used Mach1's ocx then you could capture and replay 3 axes of
motion but maybe it's possible for this to be increased.
ask across at;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Master5/messages

Regards,

Rab,
http://www.rainnea.com/cnc.htm

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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