Equipment/Staubli
Kindly donated to us by Queen Mary's University, was missing arm and power cables.
| Staubli robot arm | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Model | RX60L |
| Sub-category | Robotics |
| Status | Under construction |
| Last updated | 4 August 2022 21:26:32 |
| Training requirement | Yes |
| ACnode | no |
| Owner | Robotics group |
| Origin | Donation |
| Maintainers | Dean, padski, JonRussell |
The arm is being worked on by the robotics group (more help welcome) and the plan is to turn it into a cnc/3d printer/plasma cutting machine and open up to the general membership once safe to do so.
Applications
- Potential applications
- 3D scanning possibly using KinectFusion
- Persistence of vision experiments (such as this display at Trafalgar Square)
- High speed orbital photography
- CNC (Dependent on the G-code interpreter)
- PCB manufacture:
- Milling
- Drilling
- solder paste application for SMT components
- pick and place for SMT components
- Currently worked on
Status
The arm is currently a work in progress. It is sdriven by some open source controller but we still need to complete the kinematics for it
Specs
- Robot arm
- Type: RX60L
- Reference/machine number: 597411 - 01
- Fabrication Le F - 12 - 1997
- Masse kg 42Kg
- Controller
- Type CS7 - M RX60
- 3 x 400V - 50/60 Hz
- 4000VA
- Masse kg 80Kg
- STMBL
- Type 4.1
- 3 x 400V - 50/60 Hz
Some photos/videos of the beast
There is a 19 way cable running inside the arm, to allow external signals to be routed to the end effector. This uses a 19 way plug on the wrist joint and base called a Binder Connector.
There is a 50 way connector (J11) at the back of the controller containing the digital IO lines.
TODO
- Necessary
Build a smooth solid table surrounding the arm.
- Nice to have
Document .
Docs/Links
Robot startup/shutdown procedure
GZipped image of the 840MB drive
Technical manual with schematics
- Note Teaching Pendant connector needs pins 6+7 (estop), 14+16 (deadman) linked. DUMMY PLUG NOW MADE Padski 20-9-13 :)
Paper printed manual covering: General, arm, controller, controller options, spare parts
Another paper printed manual covering: Safety, robot coordinates, robot startup, editor, declaration of variables and conversions, commands associated to the main memory, some instructions of the V+ language, digital inputs/outputs, diskette or disc save operations, control of the robot configuration and specific commands, automatic startup-procedure, appendix (both of the manuals are in A4 folders, located in the library first column from the left, 3rd shelf from the top)
