KUKA’s (Augsburg, Germany) new KUKA.MixedReality software visualizes the environment of robot cells live on your smartphone or tablet to support fast, safe, and intuitive robot start-up. The mobile app displays tools and interference geometries to enable early detection of potential hazards so users can eliminate them before a robot starts work.
The augmented reality (AR) software can be used to simulate robot movement with a virtual gripper, for example. If potential collisions are detected in the AR environment, they can be prevented at an early stage in the real environment so that neither the robot nor the gripper is damaged. KUKA.MixedReality consists of the KUKA.MixedReality Assistant app and the additional KUKA.MixedReality Safe technology package, which is installed on the robot controller.
Users install the free KUKA.MixedReality Assistant on their smartphone or tablet via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. All relevant information about the robot transmits directly to the mobile end device and displays visually on the mobile device. No AR headset or additional hardware is required. Install the KUKA.MixedReality Safe technology package on the robot controller as a data source, along with one of the KUKA.SafeOperation technology packages to use with Safe functions.
The KUKA.MixedReality Assistant app graphically displays all relevant variables directly on the robot in real time, including Cartesian or violated monitoring spaces, safety-oriented tools and tool spheres. Users also can view the corresponding configuration parameters of the spaces or tools. Interested parties already can download and test the free application. The integrated demo mode enables function testing without a real robot.
More information: Augmented reality for robots: KUKA.MixedReality | KUKA AG