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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Fanuc 6 Axis Robot Arm Help with Concept
« on: January 10, 2021, 05:01:14 AM »
Mach provides Step and Direction signals and assuming that is compatible with your arm driver electronics then you could connect it in much the same way as you would connect any other CNC machine.
The important thing to remember is that Mach does not calculate any kinematic movements so you would only be able to use the arm from ‘teach’ created Gcode. Creating a suitable hand controller to move the arm prior to recording each and every ‘teach’ position could also be a demanding task.
It is, of course, always possible that some clever soul could translate kinematic movements into Gcode that would run with Mach but so far there has not been any success (despite a number of claims).
Tweakie.
The important thing to remember is that Mach does not calculate any kinematic movements so you would only be able to use the arm from ‘teach’ created Gcode. Creating a suitable hand controller to move the arm prior to recording each and every ‘teach’ position could also be a demanding task.
It is, of course, always possible that some clever soul could translate kinematic movements into Gcode that would run with Mach but so far there has not been any success (despite a number of claims).
Tweakie.