Variables - Universal Robots UR3/CB3 User Manual

14.3 Variables

Next to each program command is a small icon, which is either red, yellow or green.
A red icon means that there is an error in that command, yellow means that the com-
mand is not finished, and green means that all is OK. A program can only be run when
all commands are green.
14.3 Variables
A robot program can make use of variables to store and update various values during
runtime. Two kinds of variables are available:
Installation variables: These can be used by multiple programs and their names and
Regular program variables: These are available to the running program only and their
The following variable types are available:
bool
int
float
string
pose
list
Version 3.3.3
values are persisted together with the robot installation (see 13.10 for further de-
tails). Installation variables keep their value after the robot and control box has
been rebooted.
values are lost as soon as the program is stopped.
A boolean variable whose value is either True or False.
A whole number in the range from
A floating point number (decimal) (32 bit).
A sequence of characters.
A vector describing the location and orientation in Cartesian space. It is
a combination of a position vector x, y, z and a rotation vector rx, ry, rz
representing the orientation, written p[x, y, z, rx, ry, rz].
A sequence of variables.
2147483648 to 2147483647 (32 bit).
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