Android app from Comau enables robot control operations

Jan. 30, 2018
Designed for Android devices, PickAPP from Comau enables users to control industrial robots to perform “pick and place” operations.

Designed for Android devices, PickAPP from Comau enables users to control industrial robots to perform “pick and place” operations.

PickAPP is an Android application for an 8-10-inch tablet, configured with graphical operations, which the company says drastically improves user experience. Now, anyone familiar with smartphones will be able to move a robot and create a pick-and-place process by creating a list of waypoints, without having to learn robotic programming language. Configurations such as the type of movement and the actions related to a gripper can also be added.

During the development of the application, a sample group of testers ranging from expert technicians to young people who play games on a tablet were able to perform the programming required for a pick-and-place process in just a few minutes.

PickAPP is available for Comau low-payload robots, such as the Rebel-S, Racer3, and Racer5, and will soon be implemented for the entire Comau robot family.

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