Begin Programming - Universal Robots UR5 User Manual

11.1 Introduction
The Universal Robot arm is composed of tubes and joints. The joints with their
usual names are shown in Figure 11.1. The Base is where the robot is mounted,
and at the other end (Wrist 3) the tool of the robot is attached. By coordinating
the motion of each of the joints, the robot can move its tool around freely, with the
exception of the area directly above and directly below the base.
PolyScope is the graphical user interface (GUI) which lets you operate the robot
arm and control box, execute robot programs and easily create new ones.
The following section gets you started with the robot. Afterwards, the screens and
functionality of PolyScope are explained in more detail.
11.2 Getting Started
Before using PolyScope, the robot arm and control box must be installed and the
control box switched on.
Figure 11.1: Joints of the robot. A: Base, B: Shoulder, C: Elbow and D, E, F: Wrist 1, 2, 3
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11 Begin programming

DANGER:
1. The Hardware Installation Manual contains important safety
information, which must be read and understood by the in-
tegrator of UR robots before the robot is powered on for the
first time.
2. The integrator must set the safety configuration parameters
defined by the risk assessment before powering on the robot
arm for the first time, see chapter 10.
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