Terms used
Term | Description |
|---|---|
Axis group | Group of robot axes and additional axes which together form a robot system (e.g. a robot with 6 axes and 1 additional axis) |
FIFO | First In First Out Those elements that were stored first will be retrieved first from the memory. |
KR C | KUKA Robot Control |
KRL | KUKA Robot Language |
KUKA smartHMI | See "smartHMI |
KUKA smartPAD | See "smartPAD |
mxA interface | Option package KUKA.PLC mxAutomation on the robot controller with a communication interface to the PLC |
NULLFRAME | Cartesian coordinate system where all coordinates have the value null |
EtherCAT | Ethernet-based fieldbus (Ethernet interface) |
Robot interpreter | Synchronously operating process in which the current robot program is processed |
BCO run | The robot is moved to the coordinates of the motion block where the block pointer is located. This allows the robot position be brought to match the coordinates of the current point. |
smartHMI | smart Human-Machine Interface |
smartPAD | Handheld programming device for robot control The smartPAD has all the operating and display options required for operating and programming the industrial robot. There are 2 models:
There are variants of each model, e.g. with different lengths of connection cables. The designation "KUKA smartPAD" or "smartPAD" refers to both models unless they are explicitly distinguished. |
PLC | Programmable Logic Controller Is used in systems as a higher-level master module in the bus system. |
Submit interpreter | Cyclically running logic program that runs in parallel to the motion program on the robot controller |
WorkVisual | Engineering environment for KR C-controlled robot cells |