The goal of the seminar is to acquire all the skills required for the safe operation of a KUKA robot system. The participant learns how to modify and adapt existing or copied robot programs and to read and understand various program commands.

Preconditions
none

Content

1. Safety when working with KUKA robots

2. Recognizing and avoiding hazards when operating KUKA robots

3. Overview of safety facilities when operating KUKA robots

4. Basic knowledge of the structure of a robot system

5. Moving the robot manually

• Safe robot retraction, individual axes
• Retracting the robot safely with linear motions, in relation to robot, tool and workpiece

6. Starting and executing robot programs manually and in automatic mode

• Selecting and setting the appropriate operating mode
• Performing an initialization run
• Selecting, starting and executing robot programs
• Executing a program start via a PLC

7. Human-machine communication

• Displaying and filtering the logbook
• Displaying robot states (I/O signals, timers, cyclical flags, counters)
• Reading and interpreting robot controller messages
• Displaying the current robot position
• Displaying saved values (variables) and modifying the values

8. Using technology packages

• Gripper operation
• Programming gripper commands with KUKA inline forms

9. Working with program files

• Deleting, renaming, and duplicating program modules
• Archiving and restoring program modules

10. Reading structured programs and program flowcharts

11. Adapting and modifying robot programs

• Creating new motion commands (point-to-point and continuous-path motions) with KUKA inline forms
• Modifying motion commands
• Correcting and adapting positions

12. Reading and understanding logic commands in existing programs

13. Principle of mastering and checking the mastering