Intuitive Robotics – No Coding skills needed
As the Communications Specialist at Agile Robots, I regularly write about our robots. Writing is my craft, languages my hobby: I speak Spanish, English and German. Programming languages are not part of my repertoire. Before I immersed myself in the world of robotics, I mainly thought of Python as an Australian constrictor.?
That has since changed - although I am still not able to write programs or read code. Thanks to hard-working developers, I rely on intuitive user interfaces that make my everyday life easie instead. Much like using Google Maps instead of cartography.?
Some time ago, I took part in a training course to familiarize myself with the Yu 5 Industrial lightweight robot. At the end of the day, I was able to implement several industrial applications on my own.?
The keyword here was also "intuitive". The word comes from the Latin "intueri" and means something like "to look at" or "to consider", meaning that things can be understood based on a visual understanding. A comprehensive analysis is not necessary.?
After a brief introduction, I set about programming my first task: to move the robot so that it navigates to a specific point, opens the gripper there, picks up an object and places it back on the other side of the table.?
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Simple manual guidance?
Thanks to a mixture of hand guidance and an intuitive user interface, I succeeded after just a few minutes. I grasped the "head" of the Yu 5 Industrial, positioned it directly above the object to be gripped, and saved my first position.
All it took was a quick click in the user interface. I then moved the head further down until it was just a few millimeters above the object and saved the position. Then I closed the gripper and saved the action again. To guarantee that the object was picked up straight, I had it lifted at a 90° angle.?
I then moved the robot arm to the other side of the table and repeated the movement in a mirrored sequence. I had programmed my first simple machine loading task - in less than 5 minutes.?
We then learned about the blending function, which further optimizes the process. Instead of moving to the various positions individually and stopping each time as soon as the position is reached, the robot optimizes the paths independently, creates smooth transitions and moves directly to the position... Read the full article here: https://www.agile-robots.com/en/blog/detail/intuitive-robotics-no-coding-skills-needed