Smart Skills Tool

Using the Smart Skills tool

  1. Tap Smart Skills.

    The Smart Skills screen appears which contains two fields, six large icons, and a button.

    The two fields are:

    • Relative to

    • Active TCP

    The seven Smart Skills icons are:

    • Align to Plane

    • Align Z to Nearest Axis

    • Center

    • Freedrive

    • Move into Contact

    • Retract

    • Home

    The Teach mode button is at the bottom.
 

  1. Tap the Relative to field.

    Four choices are given:

    • world

    • base

    • flange

    • tcp

  2. Select the relative position you want the robot to move.

  3. Tap the Active TCP field and select your preference.

  4. Select and tap the smart skill icon of your preference.

    In the main screen, you can see the corresponding movement of the robot arm.

  5. Tap the Teach mode button to program the robot by demonstration.

    You see a red blinking light on the upper right of the multitask screen, signifying teaching is ongoing.

  6. Apply a Smart Skill and wait for it to stop, or stop it yourself.

    A program node is generated in the program tree.

  7. If a Protective stop caution appears in the main screen, do the necessary commands to properly and safely program the robot.