Citation
(1998), "Motoman offers new version of ROTSY 4.2 off-line programming software: simulates robotic applications on a PC", Industrial Robot, Vol. 25 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.1998.04925bad.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Motoman offers new version of ROTSY 4.2 off-line programming software: simulates robotic applications on a PC
Motoman offers new version of ROTSY 4.2 off-line programming software: simulates robotic applications on a PC
ROTSY (Robot Off-Line Teaching System of Yaskawa) programming software makes robotic application development simple and reduces its associated costs by implementing robot simulation on a PC. ROTSY users can model a proposed robot cell and perform test cycles even before the system is built. ROTSY runs under Microsoft Windows® (only 95 and NT), requires no special hardware, and has easy-to-use features so a man/machine interface is easily understood, even by new robot users.
ROTSY's latest release, Version 4.2, includes enhancements to its CAD-based features, including 3D design so users can easily model and lay out robot cells with peripheral equipment. With ROTSY 4.2 software, users can also import DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, SLA/STL, and other files, and add or subtract sections from solids and spheres.
ROTSY features several functions that confirm the most efficient robot system configuration and that improve programming efficiency. These functions include advanced layout design, cycle time calculations, job analysis, and off-line teaching technology. Integrated with Motoman's Visual Pallet™ and Visual MixPallet™, ROTSY allows users to perform accurate palletizing cycle time analysis.
Users can visually check the robot system layout using ROTSY's high-grade, 3D surface display. ROTSY calculates cycle times so accurate studies can be simulated on the PC instead of being performed on the actual robot system. These PC-based studies can be performed with a variety of Motoman robot models.
To check potential interference areas, ROTSY features an interference function that verifies the workpiece, robot arm, and peripheral equipment locations and indicates any problem areas.
ROTSY offers powerful data transfer functions that eliminate the need for job switching and allow the user to create job data easily, and then verify those jobs on the robot simulator.
For more information on ROTSY, or other Motoman products, Tel: 001 937/847-3300 or write to Motoman, Inc., 805 Liberty Lane, West Carrollton, Ohio, USA 45449.