RoboDK Launches Palletizing Plugin
RoboDK says one benefit of the new plugin is that users can program tasks offline, reportedly eliminating the production downtime caused by shop floor robot programming.
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Robot software company has released a new palletizing plugin for intuitive programming of palletizing applications, compatible with almost any robot brand. It reportedly is designed to accelerate this normally tedious programming task and improve deployment efficiency.
In addition to speeding up the programming step, RoboDK says another benefit of the new plugin is that users can program the task offline, reportedly eliminating the production downtime caused by shop floor robot programming.
To use the plugin, users simply open a menu and enter their pallet settings step by step. They can then easily drag and drop each box to where it should be on each layer of the pallet. A 3D visualization shows a simulation in real-time and the user can go back and adapt the settings, so the setup perfectly suits all their requirements.
Palletizing is just one of several high-impact applications that RoboDK is working to support, though they don't want to reveal too much yet.
Flore Cachera, head of marketing at RoboDK, explains that these additions are driven by user feedback. She says “We don't create robot simulation software for ourselves, we create it for our users. We will continue to listen to them and offer new features that really fit their needs.”
The new RoboDK plugin can be used immediately with the hundreds of robot models already supported by the software. The palletizing plugin is now available for users of RoboDK, and it can be accessed by downloading the latest update.
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