Yaskawa Motoman K10S
what is it for?
It's a six-axis CNC machine that is rated to move 10 kilograms around in any orientation, with 1mm accuracy.
software for communicating with the robot from a regular computer
documentation
- http://spaz.org/~jake/robot
- INFORM Lanugage manual PDF and another copy here INFORM PDF
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- Robotforum posts on the Yaskawa motoman k6sb with erc controller talk to these people for the conversation
enabling relative job function and the communications option
Ben says:
"If I remember, press OP2, enter the magic code 24.#4.#2 then set these:
set SD079 to 1 for relative job (x,y,z coordinates)
set SD110 to 1 for data communication (remote mode)
and reboot the robot."
hardware used to get it to even turn on without errors
Getting the robot working if it has forgotten its purpose
- There is a battery inside the connector compartment of the robot arm, and another next to the computer boards on the door of the control cabinet. If the batteries go dead or are disconnected, the robot will act stupid and refuse to boot up with some dumb error screen.
- There is a switch inside the control cabinet on the edge of the CPU1 card which puts it into MAINT mode (switch up) or PARAM mode (switch down), normally the switch is in the middle. Hard-power cycling the robot is how you reboot it.
- There is a button behind the small hinged cover on the main control panel, which is for rebooting after the arm has been moved out of range, so you can manually bring the arm back into position.
- Homing the robot is easy compared to getting the robot to be in the mood to be homed, especially after replacing the memory batteries. Don't be like this guy: https://www.robot-forum.com/robotforum/thread/14021-erc-k6sb-make-abs-data/ (the PDF mentioned there can be found in the spaz link, here: https://spaz.org/~jake/robot/MotomanERChomePosition.pdf )
- after the robot is working, you will have to remind it that you paid for all the deluxe options, like rectangular coordinates and remote access serial stuff. The "magic code" is 24.#4.#2 and the instructions for entering it are below, recounted by Ben.
- If the robot wakes up to a MAKE ABS DATA error it's probably having trouble communicating with some of the position encoders on the motors. The ABSolute position encoders are backed up by a battery and they can get into a state where they don't work right, that's what's described in the previous links is to get them to cooperate.
- The controller wants to see eight position encoders. Six are on the six motors of the robot, the 7th is the giant heavy motor/gearbox assembly on the floor, and the 7th is simulated by an arduino hanging by the wires from the circuitboard inside the cabinet. I really need to clean up that wiring.
Electrical components
- ACC-8D20 option PDF manual 33 page manual on ???
- encoder datasheet (pdf)(for different encoders?)
- Yaskawa CACR-SR Manual (PDF) <------- this is totally what we have, absolute encoders and CACR servopacks
Coordinate conversion and 3d model
Cool Projects
Drawing with the Robot Arm Project
Substack and Jake went ahead and hacked the robot (see the blog post ). now you can upload simple drawings and get it to draw for you.
- Get an image file (PNG) and convert it to SVG free convert to SVG web app
- Take the SVG and convert it to INFORM http://substack.neocities.org/svg2inform.html (thanks Substack!)
- Go to SudoRoom, chat with the right hackers, learn to calibrate (safety first!!!) and then let the robot do the drawing for you!
- Cheers! Cheers! More thanks to Jake for learning how to fake the serial disk https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/src/fakedisk.py
15:25 <@Rab> No small matter unfortunately, unless you get really imaginative on the CAM side and utilitize the robot's axes of movement in very simple ways. 15:27 <@Rab> I think it'll probably need to be somebody's brilliant custom CAM because open-sores CAM is pretty seriously limited, and more than 3-axis commercial CAM is insanely expensive. 15:28 <@Rab> PyCAM might be a start, that's what I'll use if I do anything 3D. 15:38 <@Rab> Autodesk Fusion 360 includes Autodesk's 3+2 CAM, which is probably the best and most usable CAM you'll find anywhere for zero dollars. But fuck that proprietary cloud shit. 15:42 <@Rab> CAM is one of those software applications which is so hard, anybody skilled enough to do it right also wants to get paid. That's a direct challenge to Sudo Room BTW. 15:45 <@Rab> You could join ##linuxcnc on feenode and see if anybody has any ideas.