Review of new GUI for programming grippers in the UR teach pendant

Kevin_Gough

Wanted to share a new video I put together that reviews the recent software update that incorporates an easy to use GUI to program the electric grippers from the Universal Robot teach pendant.

http://cross-automation.com/blog/robotiq-software-update-universal-robots-openclose-speed-force

Samuel_Bouchard

Hi Kevin, thanks for sharing! The idea of this URCap was to make the simple things even more simple. It is still possible to use scripting for some more advanced functions. This was discussed in a previous discussion.

mertzga

Es this an update I can simply apply to my current gripper thru some type of download or is this something that needs to be purchased?

Annick_Mottard

@mertzga you can simply download this newer URCap package from our support website (it is the UCG-X.X.X file). You simply need to make sure to have a CB3 or CB3.1 controller, as well as a Polyscope version at least 3.3.0.145. 

The installation process is described in the instruction manual. Note that you do not need to uninstall the legacy driver package before installing the URCap package. 

mertzga

Sweet Thanks!