DigiMetrix Robotics Library for ABB
Overview
With the DigiMetrix Robotics library for ABB robots, you can easily integrate innovative mechatronics solutions into new types of systems and applications for automated test, laboratory automation, and flexible manufacturing – eliminating complex robotics programming expertise. The library features easy-to-use native LabVIEW VIs for controlling and commanding robots directly from a graphical development environment. With this library, you can program a single LabVIEW application that integrates all aspects of machine control and automation from part-handling and robot control to advanced measurements, inspection, machine vision and HMI.
Using this approach, you do not need to learn specialized robotics programming software, which means you can achieve higher performance and better results in less time.
The entire application is developed in NI’s powerful LabVIEW Graphical Design Environment. It can be downloaded for execution to various Windows or LabVIEW Real-Time targets like NI Vision, NI CompactRIO, and NI PXI platforms to achieve industry-proven speed and reliability.
Main features
- Build complete industrial robotics systems entirely in LabVIEW
- Directly control movements and motion of ABB robots
- Start/stop from LabVIEW pre-existing RAPID tasks on ABB controllers
- Easily develop vision-guided robotics applications
- Integrate measurements and vision into robotics systems
Supported functions
System requirements
- IRC5 ABB controller family: IRC5, IRC5C, IRC5P, IRC5 PMC and OmniCore controllers
- RobotWare version 6.x or 7.x
- For IRC5: controller software options PC interface (616-1) and Multitasking (623-1)
- For OmniCore: controller software options RobotStudio Connect (3119-1) and Multitasking (3114-1)
- Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, 11 (32 & 64 bit)
- Ethernet
or LabVIEW Real-Time target
- NI PXI, NI cRIO/cDAQ or NI CVS controllers running LabVIEW Real-Time
- LabVIEW 2012 and higher
- VI Package Manager 2014 or later