dyBOT in few words dyBOT
is a Windows 95 (98, NT4 or 2000) program that imports cutting or welding paths in
standard CAD/CAM formats (namely APT, DXF, IGES & ISO), optimizes and edits them, and finally saves them as "ready-to-play"
files in any robot language. This is sometimes called "off-line programming", we don't use that term.
dyBOT does not try to emulate on a PC the working methods used on a robot.
Imagine a printed page. Strictly speaking, it is a program (i.e., an ordered succession
of printer commands), so is a robot file. Would you call a word processor an "off-line programming" printer program? The answer is no, because you
are not concerned by internal printer details, what you care about is text. Similarly, with
dyBOT you care about the path
(work), the robot no longer plays a "starring" role, it can even be replaced and
dyBOT will recalculate everything for the new robot immediately.
Robots are complicated and unfriendly machines. Work done on them cannot be edited graphically
or used in new projects. That is why you need dyBOT,
a user friendly tool that can be used by people with few, if any, robotics knowledge.
dyBOTis
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) in robotics.
dyBOTis a path oriented tool. The robot moves always
controlled at its lowest level (
joint coordinates). Therefore, it cannot produce any surprises, or simply
refuse to move. (Robots do that when programmed in Cartesian coordinates, when they get lost at multiple solutions, singularities, . . . ). Also,
this way of controlling the robot allows transparent control of final tolerance and finishing quality.
dyBOT also generates robot independent code for driving mounted equipment, such
as: speed driven lasers, water-jet cutting, welding and more. More advanced issues include:
collision tests, trajectory optimization, reorbiting, machining time estimation, . . .
dyBOTis the solution for applications requiring controlled
linear movement done by a robot: cutting, welding, painting, milling . . .
On-line documentation includes a manual with about 1200 hot links, a tutorial and a
troubleshooting guide.
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dyBOT here and verify all this by yourself !
