Control transfer to PC of a Fanuc S-10 industrial robot

• Main Authors: Acuna, Ethel K., Cheng, Beauregard Grant L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Robots; Industrial; Robotics; Robots > Control systems
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/323
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Fanuc S-10 is an industrial robot that comes with its own controller. Although its preset functions are substantial, that is exactly it-- it is preset. The range of possibilities and capabilities for the robot is limited to the predetermined functions of the company. Transferring control of this robot from its original hulking box controller (RG-2) allows us to work with it more flexibility, versatility and perhaps even mobility over networks. We will reverse engineer this robot, more specifically its controller. We will leave the robot as it is but we will thoroughly examine the controller. We will have to identify its servo amplifiers, and its PCBs. More importantly, we must find out how the control box is controlling the robot, find out what signals to send where, and then try to copy those signals so that we may transfer control to a different source. Alternately, we will find what signals the robot is sending back to the controller through its encoders. We will have to measure the signals coming from the encoders, and try to decipher what those signals mean.