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KUKA Robot Language

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KUKA

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KUKA

The KUKA Robot Language, also known as KRL, is a proprietary programming language similar to Pascal and used to control KUKA robots.

Features

Any KRL code consists of two different files with the same name: a permanent data file, with the extension .dat, and a movement command file, with the extension .src.

KRL has four common data types:

There are many different ways of giving a movement command to a robot using the KRL, the most common ones are:

  • Joint coordinate programming. It gives each axis a rotation value to reach. For example: A1 0, A2 10, A3 90, A4 20, A5 60, A6 25.
  • Cartesian coordinate programming. Defines a location and orientation of the end-effector in a defined Cartesian coordinate system. For example: X 10, Y 20, Z 40, A 45, B 75, C 1.

    • References

    KUKA Robot Language Wikipedia
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