Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Robotic Arm

roboticscnc wrote:

> Hi Group,
> Has anyone built a robotic arm for pick & place ?
> Is it possible to teach ( digitize ? ) Mach 3 to control one ?
> Could a conversion ( Macro ? ) be used to generate X,Y,Z positions
> from X,Y,Z co-ordinates in G Code ?
> I've looked around for different software ( EMC, etc. ) but can't find
> much info for home built machines. I've been using Mach 3 for a while
> so this helps with the learning curve but eventually it will be asked
> to do a routine from a PLC, in which case linux may be a better choice ?

I have a Philips CSM-84 arriving tomorrow. I have thought about
building one, and had a pretty good idea how EMC could do almost
everything. The one thing that I couldn't figure out was how to
integrate a fiducial camera with EMC. Also, if you want
on-the-fly optical alignment, I couldn't really figure that either.

I had pretty much planned out how to take a file with component
& feeder locations and another file with part placement data and
generate the G-code to run a simple machine.

My machine is 5' x 7' and weighs 1600 Lbs or so. I got the
electronic guts of another (compatible) machine, plus 50
feeders, plus a vibratory feeder base. There is a program that
can use CAD data to set up the machine. The guy who sold it to
me said he never used it, he just uses the teach camera.

If you haven't communicated with Nicholas Benezan, he has built
a complete machine himself. It has one head, changeable nozzles
and alignment fingers. It is working. He was working on
automatic feeders as the next project.

Jon