Software Options

FANUC offers a range of application specific software options, among which:

1. Collision Guard
2. Payload ID
3. Collision Skip / Touch Skip
4. SoftFloat
5. Coordinated Motion Package
6. Multi Robot Control
7. Integrated PMC
8. Ethernet IP
9. Line Tracking
10. Singularity Avoidance
11. KAREL
12. Hardaware Options

Collision Guard
Collision Guard provides a sensitive method to detect that the robot has collided with an object. It can detect a collision much quicker than a conventional collision detection function, thus greatly reducing possible damage to the tool and robot itself.
It also reduces downtime after collisions, hence improving the productivity of the robot. Collision Guard provides a highly sensitive method to detect whether a robot has collided with any object and to stop the robot immediately in such case.
Collision Guard can be enabled or disabled, and it is also possible to define the level of sensitivity of the collision detection function.

Payload ID
Manual setup of payload information is very complicated. With Payload Identification the robot swings the payload by moving its wrist axis and the payload information is set automatically.
The result of the Payload Identification can be used for the set-up of the Collision Guard.

Collision Skip / Touch Skip
With Collision Skip, the robot is able to detect when it touches an object and intelligently adapt its movement. The detection is accomplished only by the robot servo control. The robot reaction can be easily programmed using high speed skip.

SoftFloat
SoftFloat is used in processes to compensate for unexpected variances. Due to occurrences of these variances, SoftFloat allows the robot path to be changed according to the external force to achieve the desired result.

It is used in processes such as:

• Load machine tool
• Unload injection moulding machines

Two types of soft float exist: joint and Cartesian

• In Joint mode, flexibility is specified for individual axes or a combination of axes
• In Cartesian mode, the softness is specified for Cartesian directions. In this mode, the robot will act like a spring in the specified direction

Coordinated Motion Pakcage
The coordinated motion function allows a robot to follow the movement of a positioner that is holding a work piece. The motion of the robot tool is controlled relative to the work piece on the positioner.
The relative speed defined in the program is maintained relative to the work piece as well as the tool angles. This is essential for such processes as Arc Welding in order to achieve best quality and faster programming.

Multi Robot Control
The Multi Robot Control aims at controlling up to 4 robots with a single controller. The robots can move synchronously or independently according to the robot program.
Thanks to this feature, the robots can be controlled with one Teach Pendant and share one emergency stop circuit.