Robot2CNC is a small industrial computer that sits inside your CNC’s control cabinet and provides an ethernet control interface for any robot that has ethernet TCP/IP support. The Robot2CNC interface is simple and remains the same for all supported CNCs. For Universal Robots, programming is greatly simplified with the included URCap. Other brands of robots can use Robot2CNC by making a TCP/IP connection to the robot and issuing simple text-based commands. By allowing the robot to select the CNC program number within the automation, both robot and CNC programming are simplified and the chance for expensive operator errors during the change over is reduced.
Features
Support for Haas Legacy, Haas NGC, and Fanuc Focus 2.0 controls
Select and change CNC programs from the robot
Cycle-start CNC from the robot
Verify CNC program completes successfully or generates an error
Common interface to all supported CNC controls simplifies programming
Bi-directional communication with CNC programs via CNC macro variable read/write functions for custom programming
Includes URCap to simplify programming with Universal Robots
New: Haas Cell Safe Signal support simplifies actuation of lathe chucks and tailstocks
New: Simplified network configuration reduces setup time
New: Updated URCap allows setup without a laptop