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Hi Johannes,

I'm setting up a milling scenario using our turntable and I have followed the tutorial for a custom turntable setup.  I have the offset base configured and am now trying to get things to look right in Rhino/KUKA|prc.  My offset base is about 210mm above the root frame of the positioner.  I've tried various settings but keep ending up with the robot floating above the floor or my turntable sunk below the floor.  Can you clarify the following?

• Should the document origin be at the turntable root point or at the offset base origin?
• I currently have the "Positioner Root Frame" values for the turntable component set to the values for the turntable root (not the offset base values).  Is the correct?
• Should the numeric values for the offset base be entered into the main KUKA|prc settings?

Thanks for your help!

Thank you for the response!
Is there any way to have multiple BASES defined in PRC?
I only see the option for setting one in the Core component.
Thank you for developing a great product.

Hello,
Can you show a simple .gh example of how the KUKA|prc Frame component would be incorporated into a simple workflow (or point me to an existing tutorial that I may have missed). The basic question is: where does the output parameter get wired to? -Thank You.

Hi Johannes,

Do you have any experience with the RobotSensorInterface software from KUKA?  Can it be used for real-time control of the robot / what is it best used for?

I got a quote for it and was shocked at the price.  Is it worth it, especially when there is a new streaming control solution on the horizon?  Should we expect any kind of announcement in a week or two? ;)

Hope everything is coming together for the conference!  Wish I could be there!
Dan

Hi Johannes!

There's some good info for us in here too!  We are about ready to move on a rotary axis upgrade and a new milling spindle.  I have been looking at a 6kW ER32 collet spindle from HSD, which is very reasonably priced.  In fact, we can afford twice what they've quoted us.  With our KR60, if we want to mill hardwood, would you suggest going higher than 6kW?  How much of a disadvantage is not having a quick tool change capability for our spindle?  I imagine the main advantage (for a non-production shop) is being able to pre-measure all your tools for a given job.  Would you agree?

Thanks! -Dan

Hi Johannes,

When I set the BASE XYZABC values in the latest KUKA|prc v2 beta, the origin/position of the robot itself changes to the XY coordinates I specified for the BASE, which is not what I would expect since as I understand it the BASE specifies the coordinate system for the work surface/piece, not the robot origin.  How/where is the robot position specified?  What is the relationship of the robot origin to the world coordinate system?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Dan