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Puma 760 Robot
Control Using LabView
Run
a 6 DOF Robot using LabView. RoboTalk allows LabView to
communicate with the robot. The control panel will also control the
Puma robot running on another computer via IP address.
Instructions:
- RoboWorks must be installed on your computer if not
go to Software
for instructions.
- Click on Puma
Model and download the RoboWorks file to your computer.
Do not open this file directly from the Web, but first download and save
it on your computer and then open it in RoboWorks.
- Start RoboWorks. Click on File in the top left
of the window. Then click on Open and select the Puma760Robot.scn file you downloaded to your computer.
- Click on Animation -> From IPC.
- To rotate, pan or zoom the view of the 3D model hold
down the right mouse button on the RoboWorks window and select
'Interactive Mode->Rotation, Translation, or Zooming' and then move
the cursor.
- LabView must be installed on your computer
also. A free demonstration version is available for free
download from National Instruments.
- Download the RoboTalk
library for Labview. This allows your LabView vi's to
communicate with RoboWorks.
- Download the PumaController.vi
and open it.
- Make sure the Robot name in the LabView front panel
matches the name of RoboWorks file that was downloaded to your
computer
- Type in the IP Address of the computer you are
working on or leave the default as 127.0.0.1. If you want to
remotely control the Puma simulation then type in the IP Address of
the remote computer.
- Press the play button at the top left of the LabView
front panel.
- Turn the knobs on the front panel to control the
joints of the Puma 760 Robot.
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