The video below shows very well a wide variety of sizes. You have to remember that even a small robot can have a large working workspace thanks to an additional rail. You could also place the robot on the pedestal, so he can reach higher.

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Learn more: https://robodk.com/blog/industrial-robot-reach-charts/

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KUKA.Sim Pro – simulation and offline programming

I haven’t met anyone who uses KUKA.Sim Pro every day. For robot configuration there is KUKA WorkVisual, for robot selection KUKA Payload Checker. Simulation? Usually, an application like Process Simulate or RobotExpert provided by the external maker.

Maybe it’s worth giving a KUKA.Sim Pro chance? If you don’t have anyone to ask about how to use this program, I recommend you take a look at Facebook. ML Tecnik company has been posting a lot of training materials recently.

The available version is KUKA.Sim Pro 3.1.2.23. Registration via company e-mail on my.kuka.com is required. To get the activation key go to the Product & Service Data tab, and then to the link to KUKA.Sim Demo, where there will be a button to generate a key to the demo version.

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KUKA Xpert – service manuals

We can also have access to the KUKA knowledge base for 3 months. See what you can get with this promotion:

	KUKA Xpert	KUKA Xpert Basic
Product Information
Spare Parts
Specifications
Safety
Assembly Instruction
Instruction Manual
Operating / Programming Instructions
CAD & Simulation Data
Case Database with Symptom, Cause and Solution
Detailed Operating Instructions
KSS System Variables
Compatibility Overviews
Guidelines
Function Descriptions
Downloads of Code and Configurations

I think that robot owners and maintenance departments in larger companies will be happy

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Free 30-day subscription is available with promo code ODT-WECARE2020__30 at checkout. Link: https://www.mentor.com/training/courses/tecnomatix-process-simulate-library

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“Everything you need to know about Robotics from beginner to expert!”

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The course includes 10 recordings, the total length of films is about 3.5 hours. The topics covered are comprehensive:

• Introduction to Robot studio
• Navigate
• Jog Robot (move robot)
• Easy Programming – Programming by teaching
• Target Programming
• Configuration of robtargets
• Simulation Setup
• Actions Programming 1
• Actions Programming 2
• I/O Simulator

All recordings are in English, if you are beginning your adventure with ABB programming I strongly recommend it.

Link: https://his.instructure.com/courses/3328/pages/robotstudio-tutorial-video-library

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Springer is one of the best-known publishers of scientific journals and books. Their publications are expensive, but at this difficult time, you can receive world-class expertise for free.

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List of free ebooks from Springer

Here is a list of all 407 Springer books released for free during the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine.

In the field of robotics these four books are available:

• Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems – Jorge Angeles
• Robotics, Vision and Control – Peter Corke
• Robotics – Bruno Siciliano, Lorenzo Sciavicco, Luigi Villani, Giuseppe Oriolo
• Robotics – Matjaž Mihelj, Tadej Bajd, Aleš Ude, Jadran Lenarčič, Aleš Stanovnik, Marko Munih, Jure Rejc, Sebastjan Šlajpah

Download all books at once

If you want to explore more than these few ebooks, you can download all free publications using a simple Python script published on Github.

On Windows you have to download and install Python first. Then download all files from Github (green Clone or download button) and unzip it on your PC.

The last step is to run a CMD window in your download folder (Shift + Right mouse button) And type inside the terminal:

pip install -r requirements.txt

After successful installation of all necessary packages:

python main.py

The download process should start immediately:

All books (in PDF and EPUB) formats will be available in download subfolder:

Enjoy your reading! Let me know if you find something interesting, not necessarily about robotics

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As you can read on the Siemens Learning Advantage page:

We recognize that changing work conditions presents an opportunity for our community to increase their skills and abilities with Siemens solutions. To support this we are offering free trials to our online learning offerings effective immediately and for the period of the COVID-19 impact. This will help advance proficiency on Siemens products you already use or explore and learn new Siemens solutions.

To get free access for 30 days you need to register on a Learning Advantage website. After filling the form, all you have to do is wait for an e-mail with confirmation of your account on the platform.

Online courses catalogue

You get access to two sections: Video Catalog and Self-Paced-Course. In the first one there are a short tutorial videos showing some interesting features or a way to solve specific problems. Self-Paced-Course is a fully-fledged online course. The training materials are the same as in commercial training courses for Siemens software.

You receive a description of how the software works, what functions and steps are needed to complete the appointed task and all the necessary training files. At the end and during the course, there are exercises that allow testing the knowledge in practice.

Most of the material is in the form of an online manual, but sometimes information is also available as videos.

What can I learn?

The software product portfolio of Siemens Industry Software is extremely wide, courses are only available for some of them:

• Active Workspace
• Camstar (Application Tools, Interoperability, Manufacturing, Medical Device, Quality, SEMI Suite Exploring, Suite Features)
• LMS Imagine.Lab
• NX
• Plant Simulation
• Process Simulate Standalone
• QMS Professional
• RobotExpert
• Simcenter
• Simcenter 3D
• SIT ( Line Monitoring System, Manufacturing Intelligence, Preactor Advanced Planning Scheduling, RD Suite, Unified Architecture Discrete Manufacturing, Unified Architecture Process Industries)
• Teamcenter (Manufacturing, Rapid Start,Visualization)

Where to download the software from?

Access to course materials alone would be of little use if there was no software available to practice the newly acquired knowledge. Luckily, Siemens prepared also a student or test versions for most programs. Below are links to relevant pages describing what and under what conditions you can get free of charge:

NX Student Edition

NX for Manufacturing (CAM)

Tecnomatix (RobotExpert, Process Simulate, Plant Simulation)

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Virtual robot

MotoVRC supports a wide range of controllers from the NX100 through FS100, DX100 to the latest DX200 and YRC1000. Operating a virtual robot is no different from the real one (unfortunately ) The teach pendant on the screen is a 1:1 representation of a real device. A great idea is mapping keyboard keys to virtual keys. It is possible to build multi-robot systems (double, triple configuration + rotator) and the simulated times exactly reflect those achieved in reality.

Register for a free license

Obtaining a license is not as easy as with ABB RobotStudio. You need to register with a company e-mail (according to the description private Gmail mailboxes and similar servers will be rejected, someone can confirm?).

Download Yaskawa MotoVRC

If you are familiar with European manufacturers only, you will have to get used to a completely different philosophy of use (both robot and software). Nevertheless, it is worth trying. Yaskawa is one of the biggest manufacturers of robots, it is worth understanding the philosophy of its products.

MotoSim in terms of ease of use and intuitiveness it will be harder than with ABB. Fortunately, there are official tutorials available on Youtube.

Who’s next?

I am curious whether anyone else will decide to share their software (Fanuc, KUKA, Kawasaki?) on preferential terms. I keep my fingers crossed for this

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It’s hard to predict what the future will look like, but we’re currently at a temporary standstill. Most of us spend much more time at home than usual. This is a good time to learn something new

Check the best Industrial robots book

“Everything you need to know about Robotics from beginner to expert!”

“Terms like Kinematics and Forward/Inverse kinematics sound complicated while in this book they are describe in such a way that a child can understand it.”

“Highly recommended.”

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ABB has just announced that Robotstudio, their robot simulation and programming software will be available in full version until the end of this year. Instead of the standard 30 days, we have a few months to spend on learning and testing our ideas.

I encourage you to download, it is one of the more intuitive and friendly programs of this type. ABB also provides tutorials, which should simplify the start.

Download ABB RobotStudio

License activation:

RobotStudio Options Licensing Activation Wizard I want to request a trial license RobotStudio Special Offer 2020

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“Everything you need to know about Robotics from beginner to expert!”

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“Highly recommended.”

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“Everything you need to know about Robotics from beginner to expert!”

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“Highly recommended.”

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“Everything you need to know about Robotics from beginner to expert!”

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“Highly recommended.”

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Nissan decided to use the same technology for some other purpose. Instead of building futuristic vehicles, using this kind of forming to reproduce old parts. Thus, all owners of old Skyline GT-R cars should be able to order original body panels supplied by Nissan.

Forming without press dies

Normally for produce body panel, there is a required a whole press line. Each press is equipped with dies which are bending a little a metal sheet in consecutive presses till panel will reach a final shape. Production of a single press die is very expensive and time-consuming. Also a changeover requires a lot of time. Because of that production of body panels is cost-effective only in mass production.

Cost-effective production

Spare parts for very old cars are heavily available on the market because there is no easy way to make them at affordable price. But this is no longer true for Nissan old cars. They could be produced without a problem using two side forming (no stamping dies needed!). Only CAD data is required to produce any, body panel. If a car is really old and digital model of its parts is unavailable it can be simple 3D scanned.

Below you will find a paper with explanation of this technology:

Still not enough? Read more about it here

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