Accelerating your processes
starts with RapidPlan.
Collision-free navigation for multiple robots.
RapidPlan drastically reduces manual programming of robotic cells. Generate or regenerate motion paths quickly without programming. When you need to iterate through changes, RapidPlan saves you valuable engineering time by letting you try out different, automatically generated robot paths.
How it works, in 5 simple steps.
1
Load your workcell’s CAD data
RapidPlan uses your 3D models of the world, product, and end of arm tools (EOATs) along with our extensive library of robots.
2
Define targets and parameters
Define targets and sequences for each robot and specify parameters based on your application and standards.
3
Path generation and validation
RapidPlan will generate paths to the targets for all robots. RapidPlan then confirms that all paths are collision-free, drastically reducing validation time on the shopfloor.
4
Export your RapidPlan project to an IPC
Take the RapidPlan project with the 3D representation of your workcell, targets and paths, and load it into the industrial PC at the workcell.
5
Get your robots moving, collision free
Send your commands to RapidPlan from a task manager, such as a PLC. RapidPlan will control all robots simultaneously to perform the desired tasks—without colliding with objects or other robots.
Command up to 16 robots, collision-free.
RapidPlan is extremely flexible, enabling you to control different brands of robots within a single tool. Use Profinet or ASCII commands to interface with RapidPlan, enabling your PLC to command robots to a destination, collision-free. Quickly adapt to design changes by regenerating paths, revalidating, and deploying to the IPC.
Reliably deliver more uptime.
Fault recovery used to be a manual process. But AutoHoming, powered by RapidPlan, enables your robots to either backtrace or find new, collision-free paths to return tohome. So you spend less time manually jogging your robots and more time in production.
Manual vs. RapidPlan: a quick comparison.
Manual
- Manually enter each robot path and waypoints, which requires long hours of manual touch-ups to avoid collisions.
- Manual interlocks are time-consuming, increase cycle time, and must be re-calculated every time there’s a change.
- Any changes require manually reprogramming for the entire path for every robot.
- Each robot brand has its own programming language, interface and programming paradigm, which requires highly-skilled specialists.
RapidPlan
- Automatically generate the best, guaranteed collision-free paths, reducing time to production by 50%.
- Automatically calculated interlocks allow robots to operate within much closer proximity and cycle through changes much faster.
- Target positions can be edited easily through our interface and motion paths revalidated.
- RapidPlan is capable of commanding and controlling all major robot brands, eliminating the need for robot brand-specific specialists
Tasks we can tackle for you:
Pick and Place
Palletizing
Assembly
Inspection
Bin Picking
Fastening
Welding
Machine Tending
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