PathPilot user interface
- Identical layout to the PathPilot interface on Tormach CNC machines. Users and businesses familiar with Tormach mill or lathe operation will be able to learn how to create robot programs with minimal effort.
Powered by ROS (Robot Operating System)
Robot programs are written in Python
- Programs are easily created in ‘conversational’ fashion via the user interface.
- For users familiar with Python, robot programs are easy to understand and modify.
- Python users can easily extend robot programs to interact with the file system or the outside world.
- Examples
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- Import time, time.sleep(.5) to delay an action 0.5 seconds.
- Import a csv file, or write out values to a csv file.
- Import usb.core, usb.util, more complex python code here to read data form a USB scale to used the robot to measure the weight of an object.
Robot control system is designed to work with other PathPilot-controlled equipment
- If you own a Tormach Mill or lathe, the Tormach robot will cooperate with that CNC machine with minimal setup. A simple network connection (ethernet cable) allows the robot to control which programs the CNC machine runs, when it runs them, and even allow the robot to tell the CNC machine to execute arbitrary G-code commands.
Tormach robot uses robust industrial hardware
- The Tormach robot is an industrial tool that’s been made exceptionally easy to use. It utilizes solid metal casting, servo motors and drives, and harmonic gear reducers.
