17 posts tagged with "release"

This release adds several improvements to help you build and adapt Flows in RobFlow more effectively. Testing Mode highlights executed Nodes, provides an advanced search function, and lets you run single Nodes in isolation—making debugging more straightforward. The new Path Movement Node supports curved trajectories, useful for tasks like deburring or polishing. Pose Variable Expressions let you apply offsets or overwrite poses, helping you adapt to changes in part size or orientation. The new pausing behavior lets you pause, move the Robot, and decide whether to continue from the new pose or revert to the original path. Finally, the RobCo SDK provides documented interfaces to integrate external devices like cameras, allowing you to update poses through HTTP or WebSocket calls.

Features​

Pose Database for Pose Variables (Cartesian & Joint)​

You can now save and load Pose Variables across different Flows, enabling consistent pose references at multiple Nodes. Additionally, the Expression fields allow you to overwrite a pose with another Pose Variable during runtime, creating dynamic pose adaptations as the Flow progresses. Setting and overwriting Pose Variables via our HTTP API is also possible, allowing you to set and edit Poses via an external device.

In any Node that includes movements, simply click the "Save Pose" button to store the current pose or select a previously saved pose. All saved poses are accessible in the Global Variable Table, where you can view and edit them.

Features​

Restore Variables from backup file​

You can now restore Variables from a backup file.

As you may know, pressing the “Full Backup” button in the RobFlow menu will download a backup folder which contains all Flows, Subflows, Dashboards, Plugins and Variables present on the Control Unit at that moment.

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User-defined Variables​

You can now create, edit, delete and observe Variables in RobFlow.

Variables can be used for custom parameters (e.g. to count the production output or build custom conditions) or you can read/write periphery signals (e.g. to control a digital output or change a Modbus register of a PLC to interact with sensors, actors and other devices).

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Home Position for Flow​

In the newly created Flow Config, you have the option to set a Home Position for that specific Flow. If it is set and the Robot is not exactly at that Home Position, you cannot start the Flow. Instead, you will see a “Move to Home” button which you have to keep pressed to slowly move the Robot to the desired Home Position.

If you see that the Robot would crash while moving to the Home Position, you just release the button and then move around the obstacle with either Free Motion or jogging.

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Parallel execution​

A Flow can now run several branches in parallel. It enables the user for example to send commands to peripheral devices while the Robot is executing some other tasks.

This can reduce the cycle time as you do not have to wait for the Robot to stop before you can control the periphery (e.g. a conveyor belt or an external axis).

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Landmark alignment​

Nodes can now be part of a reference group.

During initial teaching the reference group is initialised by teaching a reference pose.