Motion Supervision - ABB OmniCore Operating Manual

5.8 Motion supervision

Overview
The controller software has the motion supervision functionality aiming at reducing
collision impact forces on the robot. This helps protecting the robot and external
equipment from severe damage if a collision occurs.
Motion supervision during program execution is always active, regardless which
options are installed in the controller. When a collision is detected, the robot will
immediately stop and relieve the residual forces by moving in reversed direction
a short distance along its path. The program execution will stop with an error
message. The robot remains in the Motors on state so that program execution can
be resumed after the collision error message has been acknowledged.
Moreover, there is a software option called Collision Detection, which has extra
features such as supervision during jogging. To find out if your system has this
option installed, tap the QuickSet icon on the status bar, tap the Info tab, and look
for the option 3107-1 Collision Detection. For more information on Collision
Detection, see Application manual - Controller software OmniCore.
Functions in RobotWare base
Functions in Collision Detection
A RobotWare system with Collision Detection option has the following additional
functionalities:
Configuring motion supervision
Use the following procedure to configure the motion supervision settings:
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• Path Supervision is used (in automatic and manual full speed mode) to
prevent the mechanical damage due to the robot running into an obstacle
during program execution.
• Non motion execution is used to run a program without robot motion.
• Path Supervision in manual mode and the possibility to tune supervision in
all modes.
• Jog Supervision is used to prevent mechanical damage to the robot during
jogging.
• RAPID instruction MotionSup is used to activate or deactivate collision
detection and to tune sensitivity during program execution.
Note
The motion supervision configuration is allowed only in manual operating mode.
1 Open Settings > Advanced.
2 From the left panel select Path supervision or Jog supervision.
3 From the Task Name list select the task.
4 In the Enable for selected task option slide the bar and enable it.
5 In the Sensitivity section slide on the bar and select sensitivity.
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