Most users of ST robots have never programmed a robot or a computer so we offer all the help you need in terms of documentation and support. For a concise insight into programming ST robots this getting started pdf may interest you. Or read the short overview below.
If you are familiar with computer languages you can visit our in depth look at ROBOFORTH and RobWin and associated utilties.
Overview:
Once you have the robot set up and switched on you can immediately communicate with the robot through a 'command console'. You can type a command such asTELL ELBOW 9000 MOVE
and the elbow axis moves immediately.
There are many more commands of this nature which enable you to immediately operate any axis or the gripper or input/output and thus build up confidence that what you program is going to work.
Or you can use drop down menus in RobWin to position the robot at chosen Cartesian coordinate as in this dialog box:
Further dialog boxes allow you to create named positions (places) or lists of positions (routes) for path following or creation of matrices.
Finally you determine the sequence and conditions in which the robot goes to the learned positions in a text window and the whole lot is held together and saved together on disk as a named project.
ST can arrange to do the programming for you but it is far better for you to learn the system yourself. It puts it under your control and you can revise it as you revise your process. ST ensures this with good manuals, 24/7 phone and email help.
"Tell me and I will forget, show me and I will remember, involve me and I will understand" Aristotle