Select Robot Model

In order to connect to a real robot, you need to create a new project in Mech-Viz and add a robot model that corresponds with the real robot.

Mech-Viz is a cutting-edge robot intelligent programming software that has a visualized and coding-free programming workspace and can make a simulation with one click. It has built-in intelligent algorithms such as path planning, collision detection, etc., and has an adapted robot library including models of many major brands.

Attention

Starting from version 1.6.0, only robot models from the widely used brands are preloaded in Mech-Viz. All other robot models must be manually imported.

Please refer to Robot Model Package for instructions on downloading and importing robot model packages.

The example Mech-Viz project uses a UR_3 robot. In a real application, please select the robot that you actually use on-site.

  1. After downloading and importing the robot model package, click on the Robot tab in the lower right.

  2. Click on Robot Library at the top of the tab.

  3. On the left side, select the robot brand from the drop-down menu of Brand, or use the search box above it.

  4. Select the robot model.

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  5. In the menu bar, click on File ‣ Save Project or use the shortcut Ctrl + S to save the changes to the project.

    Attention

    While building and configuring the project, remember to save the changes now and then!

  6. Click on icon_autoload in the toolbar.

    Note

    The project must be set to autoload for it to be registered in Mech-Center.

  7. To control the real robot, complete the following in Mech-Center:

    1. Open Mech-Center, and click on icon_robot1.

    2. The robot is successfully connected if:

      • A message saying Robot: server connected to the robot shows up in the Log panel, and

      • icon_robot2 shows up in the Service Status panel.