How to load and move a robot - MarginallyClever/Robot-Overlord-App GitHub Wiki

  • in the main menu select Demos > get more robots to open the Robot Library window.
  • choose the Sixi 3 robot and click "install".
  • close the Robot Library window.
  • go to Demos > MarginallyClever > Sixi- > 3.0.0 > sixi3-5.ro
  • The Sixi3 5-axis robot should appear at the world origin.

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  • in the top-right Entity Manager panel expand the tree and look for 'Sixi3`. Select it.
  • in the bottom-right Component Manager there should be block such as PoseComponent, MeshFromFile, MaterialComponent, and RobotComponent.
  • in RobotComponent select Control Panel. The Control Panel window will open.
  • There are three tabs: Jog, Program, Connect. Jog should be selected by default.

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  • in the AngleDrivePanel, left click + drag to turn the dial. notice the 3d arm moves.
  • change joint and do it again. notice you are now moving a different part of the arm.
  • change the scale to 2 and do it again. notice you are now moving at half speed.
  • in the CartesianDrivePanel, move the dial. if the move is legal, the arm will move.
  • change the selected direction and try again.
  • change the scale and try again.
  • change the Reference frame and try again.