Hi,
We are in the process of purchasing two of the Kuka KR10 900 SIXX. We are also waiting to get a pitch from ABB but we are leaning towards the Kuka's. Our organization is new to this. We have a lot of experience with CNC machines, laser cutting, 3D printing, etc but robots is new territory. So a few questions:
1) End effectors
- We are looking to be able to assemble, 3D mill (wood, Styrofoam, plaster), hot wire cut, and possibly weld. We'd like to build our own end effectors and have about $20,000 set aside. Would you recommend a tool changer? Should we install a track system? We are located in Toronto, Canada, would you know where we could source reliable parts?
2) Software
- Kuka PRC and Python seem to be the go to's. We use Rhino quite a bit, I definitely need to brush up on grasshopper. Any other software to look into?
3) Any recommendations on literature to read? There is an online coursehttps://www.onlinerobotics.com/Curriculum#3 offered close to us that we were interested in. It's more geared to manufacturing but I thought it might be good to do while we are in the prep stages of this. Any thoughts?
Thanks, any info is appreciated.
AK
We are in the process of purchasing two of the Kuka KR10 900 SIXX. We are also waiting to get a pitch from ABB but we are leaning towards the Kuka's. Our organization is new to this. We have a lot of experience with CNC machines, laser cutting, 3D printing, etc but robots is new territory. So a few questions:
1) End effectors
- We are looking to be able to assemble, 3D mill (wood, Styrofoam, plaster), hot wire cut, and possibly weld. We'd like to build our own end effectors and have about $20,000 set aside. Would you recommend a tool changer? Should we install a track system? We are located in Toronto, Canada, would you know where we could source reliable parts?
2) Software
- Kuka PRC and Python seem to be the go to's. We use Rhino quite a bit, I definitely need to brush up on grasshopper. Any other software to look into?
3) Any recommendations on literature to read? There is an online coursehttps://www.onlinerobotics.com/Curriculum#3 offered close to us that we were interested in. It's more geared to manufacturing but I thought it might be good to do while we are in the prep stages of this. Any thoughts?
Thanks, any info is appreciated.
AK