Basic Move Settings

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Basic move settings of move-type Steps are used to set the velocity and motion type for the robot when it moves to the waypoint.

Pick or place

Setting this parameter facilitates checking the logic of the Mech-Viz project. Please select a proper option according to the on-site situation and ensure that the Step used to pick is placed before the Step used to place.

Unspecified

Default value

Pick

Please select this option when the move-type Step is before “Vision Move”.

Place

Please select this option when the move-type Step is after “Vision Move”.

Motion type

Joint move

Joint motion, which guides the robot to move in a curved path. It is less likely to reach singularities in the path for joint motion.
This motion type is applicable to scenarios where the requirement of path accuracy is not strict and the robot moves in a large space.

Linear move

Linear motion, which guides the robot to move linearly.
This motion type is applicable to scenarios where there is a strict requirement for path accuracy, such as welding, gluing, and certain types of picking.

Singularity Avoidance

When the motion type is Linear move, enabling this function can simulate linear move by joint move with multiple segments, thus reducing singularity problems to a certain extent.

Parameters Setting

Limit to Motion Segments Specific Number No Limit

Feature

Simulate linear move using joint move with a user-specified number of segments.

The software calculates the number of segments needed to simulate linear move.

Advantages

  • The waypoints are more evenly distributed and the number is controlled.

  • Applicable to Standard Interface communication.

  • The success rate of path planning is higher.

  • Only move to the required number of waypoints.

Disadvantages

  • If the number of motion segments is set too much, the robot will jam and slow down.

  • Setting the number of segments manually may slightly increase the probability of avoidance failure.

  • The waypoints may be unevenly distributed.

  • Not available for Standard Interface communication.

Parameter Description

Number of Segments

The number of joint move segments specified by the user when the Limit to Motion Segments is set to Specific Number.

Max Position Deviation

The maximum allowable deviation of the new multi-segment joint motion path from the original linear motion path. The greater the max position deviation, the higher the success rate of singularity avoidance, and the lower the similarity between the actual trajectory and the straight line.

Max Angle Deviation

The maximum allowable angular deviation of the new multi-segment joint motion path from the original linear motion path. The greater the max angle deviation, the higher the success rate of singularity avoidance, and the lower the similarity between the actual trajectory and the straight line.

Velocity & Acceleration

Velocity and acceleration determine how fast the robot can move. Usually, the set acceleration should be lower than the velocity. When the set acceleration is higher than the velocity, the robot will move in a choppy way.

The velocities of Vision Move and its prior and subsequent Steps should be relatively low to ensure that the objects can be picked steadily.
Blend radius

Usually, the default setting can be used.

  • The blend radius refers to the distance between the target point and the point where the robot starts to turn. The larger the blend radius, the more smoother the robot motion transitions are. If the robot moves in a relatively small space, please set the blend radius to a smaller value.

  • If the robot moves in a relatively large space without obstacles and the distance between two consecutive path segments is long, please set the blend radius to a larger value.

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