Starting a UR Program where you want.

David_Gouffe

Programming also means testing program. On UR robots, there is no start here or from here. 

Here is the work around. 

The switch case structure allows you to test sub part of your code. 

The principle of this structure is simple: 
Use a numerical variable pointing the part of code you want to do.
Use the switch structure to read its content and match it with the good case. 
Put your code inside a folder inside of each case. 
Each case can assign the next step value to the variable. 

Using this, you can skip the Case 1 and Case 2 when testing making My_Switch_Variable = 3. This way, you execute the Case 3 . 

This is useful when programming, testing or to try a new way to process a part of the program without affecting the previously tested part of it. 

If you need to restart the program after a power cut, having the My_Switch_Variable saved permanently will let your program restart inside the good Case and the good part of the sequence. 

This is almost like making a "jump to" or "go to" structure in old programming language as "C" . 

I use it inside a loop sequence and count using some Insights tag to track when a step is done and if some Case are more prone to fail. 

Hope this helps. 

Regards,  

 

David Gouffé

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David_Gouffe

Hi everyone,

Here is the version if you use "If" statements, well explained on Universal-Robot website. 

Start program from where it was stopped - 15385

https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/start-program-from-where-it-was-stopped-15385/ 

Thanks to Universal-Robot How-To articles. 

Hope this helps. 

Regards,  

 

David Gouffé

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ctiger

Hi,

I would like to know, if the program is stop, how do I cancel the 'Move Robot into Position'?

Is there a way to resume the last position without having the robot to go to the starting position before continuing to the next operation?

Thanks in advice.

JopsonL

If you have your home position in before start then change it to a relative position instead of fixed position. Our robot would not home automatically unless this was set. 

matthewd92

You can also create a variable waypoint and then go to that waypoint in your before start, so that the arm doesn’t really need to move for the program to start. 

currPose = get_actual_tcp_pose()

movej
  currPose

Then in your before start you can use some logic to know if you are resuming a program or starting or starting from scratch where you need to possibly go home. 

David_Gouffe

Hi, 

You can now start from anywhere on UR eSeries Cobot just by using Polyscope 5.5 or above. 

See section " PolyScope GUI " / " Start from selection "
https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/faq/ur-faq/release-note-software-version-55xx/

Enjoy program testing. Now from where you want, thank to Universal-Robots.