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News Release from: Staubli UK (Robotics) | Subject: CS8 robot controller
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 May 2002
Robot controller has operational
simplicity of PC
Robot controller features a completely updated operating system and new generation programming language (VAL3). It brings the simplicity and ease of use normally associated with PC systems.
A new robot controller, the CS8, was officially launched by Staubli at the Hanover Trade Fair in April 2002 The controller features a completely updated operating system and new generation programming language (VAL3)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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A major advantage of the CS8 is that the robot can be programmed and all actions directly executed from the manual control pendant, avoiding the need for an extra PC terminal.
The powerful new programming language VAL3, is intuitive, flexible and easy to understand, incorporating the best concepts of modern programming.
St?ubli's development team took into consideration the response from current operators of RX robots who expressed their likes and dislikes of the existing software and the features they would like to see in any new language.
The software gives improved control over trajectory; for example the degree of 'rounding off' required at corners is selected within the program and does not vary with operating speed.
Cycle times are optimised using automatic adjustment of the speed of each joint on the robot arm and the controller ensures that the robot passes singularity points automatically and in complete safety.
Faster processing, built in networking capabilities and the option to interface directly with standard PC software such as OPC, ACTIVE X and DLL or via the main industrial field bus standards e.g DeviceNet, Profibus DP, Interbus, CANopen and Modbus.
Users are able to customise the controller's operation to complement their existing production programming.
The controller has been designed to simplify maintenance procedures, the main components can be readily accessed for disassembly and an event and error log can be displayed with diagnosis available via the control pendant.
The design of the cabinet is equally user friendly.
All connectors are located on the front of the unit and protected by a single panel door.
The cabinet is smaller than its sister the CS7B controller and is small enough to be readily located within the operating cell.
Over 13,000 St?ubli robots have been installed worldwide.
Many end users are standardising on St?ubli for all their multi-axis automation requirements.
They are realising the benefits that flow from a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of the wide-ranging capabilities of these highly developed machines.
St?ubli's new CS8 controller complements the well established CS7B, by offering a cost effective entry level solution to multi axis robotics that can be upgraded as automation requirements expand.
Staubli Unimation is an international family owned group founded over 100 years ago in Switzerland employing 2400 world-wide.
Robotic production is centred south of Geneva in the French Alps, with facilities across Europe, North and South America and the Far East.
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