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Re: Force control vs Collaborative mode

There are several possible ways to reduce risks. If you are using a knife, having a guard will probably help. You can also stop the robot is someone is too close to it. This can be done with area scanner for example.

Ruddock984

Re: Stopping a way point by means of digital input

What I done instead was use the direction command which allowed me to do a z- move on the robot until DI0 goes true. simplifies the entire program and does exactly what I need.

matthewd92

Re: Break the Loop

Select the box under the loop condition that says Check Expression Continuously. This will create a thread that checks the expression continuously and kills the loop.

bcastets

Re: Force control vs Collaborative mode

The force mode does not change robot security settings. Acceleration and maximum force continue to be respected. Be careful that Collaborative mode is not enough to make an collaborative application. For example, if the robot manipulate a sharp tool like a knife the application won`t collaborative. It is important to make…

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