Robot Control Widgets

Fourteen Widgets that command the Robot. Everything here can put the Robot in motion or change its state.

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Put these on a Dashboard marked protected so opening it requires a login — see Dashboard settings. An unprotected Dashboard with a jogging Widget lets anyone who can reach the Robot move it.

Each Widget in this category has its own page:

Widget	What it does
Engage / Release Brakes	Engages and releases the Robot's brakes, the same control as in the Flow Editor top bar.
Free Motion	Turns Free Motion on and off.
Cartesian Jogging	A jogging pad that moves the TCP along and around the Cartesian axes, in either the base or the tool coordinate system.
Joint Jogging	A jogging pad that moves each joint individually.
Custom Jogging	A single jogging button you define yourself, for when the full pad is more than an operator needs.
Set Joint Angles	Sends the Robot to a set of joint angles you enter.
Set Cartesian Pose	Sends the Robot to a Cartesian pose you enter.
Global Speed	Sets the global speed override — the percentage applied to every movement.
Set Outputs	Lets an operator drive digital outputs by hand.
Set Payload	Sets the payload the Robot assumes it is carrying.
Set Variable	Lets an operator write a Variable — the main way a Dashboard feeds values into a Flow without exposing the Flow.
RobVision	Exposes a RobVision device on the Dashboard.
Calibration (Beta)	Runs a calibration from the Dashboard, using the Flow selected in Robot Configuration → Calibration. See Robot Calibration.
Generic Button	The most configurable Widget: a button you define completely — what it looks like, when it is enabled, and what it does.