RobotExample.py

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# Example how to use the basic robot class Robot6Axis which represent a 6-Axis 
# industrial robot. The Robot Module is  dependend on Part but nor on other Modules.
# It works mostly with the basic types Placement, Vector and Matrix. So we need 
# only:
from Robot import *
from Part import *
from FreeCAD import *

# === Basic robot stuff ===
# create the robot. If you not specify a other kinematic it becomes a Puma 560
rob = Robot6Axis()
print rob

# accessing the axis and the Tcp. Axis go from 1-6 and are in degrees:
Start = rob.Tcp
print Start
print rob.Axis1

# move the first Axis of the robot:
rob.Axis1 = 5.0
# the Tcp has changed (forward kinematic)
print rob.Tcp

# move the robot back to start position (reverse kinematic):
rob.Tcp = Start
print rob.Axis1

# the same with axis 2:
rob.Axis2 = 5.0
print rob.Tcp
rob.Tcp = Start
print rob.Axis2

# Waypoints:
w = Waypoint(Placement(),name="Pt",type="LIN")
print w.Name,w.Type,w.Pos,w.Cont,w.Velocity,w.Base,w.Tool

# generate more. The Trajectory find allways outomatically a unique name for the waypoints
l = [w]
for i in range(5):
  l.append(Waypoint(Placement(Vector(0,0,i*100),Vector(1,0,0),0),"LIN","Pt"))

# create a trajectory  
t = Trajectory(l)
print t
for i in range(7):
  t.insertWaypoints(Waypoint(Placement(Vector(0,0,i*100+500),Vector(1,0,0),0),"LIN","Pt"))

# see a list of all waypoints:
print t.Waypoints

del rob,Start,t,l,w

# === working with the document ===
# 
# Working with the robot document objects:
# first creat a robot in the active document
if(App.activeDocument() == None):App.newDocument()

App.activeDocument().addObject("Robot::RobotObject","Robot")
# Define the visual representation and the kinematic definition (see [[6-Axis Robot]] for details about that)
App.activeDocument().Robot.RobotVrmlFile = App.getResourceDir()+"Mod/Robot/Lib/Kuka/kr500_1.wrl"
App.activeDocument().Robot.RobotKinematicFile = App.getResourceDir()+"Mod/Robot/Lib/Kuka/kr500_1.csv"
# start positon of the Axis (only that which differ from 0)
App.activeDocument().Robot.Axis2 = -90
App.activeDocument().Robot.Axis3 = 90

# retrive the Tcp position 
pos = FreeCAD.getDocument("Unnamed").getObject("Robot").Tcp
# move the robot
pos.move(App.Vector(-10,0,0))
FreeCAD.getDocument("Unnamed").getObject("Robot").Tcp = pos

# create an empty Trajectory object in the active document
App.activeDocument().addObject("Robot::TrajectoryObject","Trajectory")
# get the Trajectory
t = App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory
# add the actual TCP position of the robot to the trajectory
StartTcp = App.activeDocument().Robot.Tcp
t.insertWaypoints(StartTcp)
App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory = t
print App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory

# insert some more Waypoints and the start point at the end again:
for i in range(7):
  t.insertWaypoints(Waypoint(Placement(Vector(0,1000,i*100+500),Vector(1,0,0),i),"LIN","Pt"))

t.insertWaypoints(StartTcp) # end point of the trajectory
App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory = t
print App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory

# === Simulation ===
# To be done..... ;-)

# === Exporting the trajectory ===
# the Trajectory is exported by python. That means for every Control Cabinet type is a Post processor
# python module. Here is in detail the Kuka Postprocessor descriped
from KukaExporter import ExportCompactSub

ExportCompactSub(App.activeDocument().Robot,App.activeDocument().Trajectory,'D:/Temp/TestOut.src')

# and thats kind of how its done:
for w in App.activeDocument().Trajectory.Trajectory.Waypoints:
        (A,B,C) = (w.Pos.Rotation.toEuler())
        print ("LIN {X %.3f,Y %.3f,Z %.3f,A %.3f,B %.3f,C %.3f} ; %s"%(w.Pos.Base.x,w.Pos.Base.y,w.Pos.Base.z,A,B,C,w.Name))