Robot Arm

Universal Robots UR5 Guide: Startup

• Power up UR bot using button on the face of the pendant.

• The program will load and you will see a screen titled: “Initialize Robot”

    *Press “START”
    *Press “OK”

• You will be taken to the user interface; here you can choose to Run a pre-existing program, create a new program using “Program Robot”, or perform set up functions such as updating, calibration etc.

Creating a Basic Program

• Select: “PROGRAM ROBOT”

• Select: “Empty Program”

• The column on the left side of the screen is a list of all actions to be performed by the program in sequence. To program a new movement select <empty program>

• Select the “Structure” tab on the right-hand portion of the screen.

• From the “BASIC” tab, select “Waypoint”. (This generates the new items “Move…” and “Waypoint” in the list on the left)

• Select “Waypoint” from the list, then go to the Command tab.

• Select “Set this waypoint”

• You will be taken to a new screen with various movement controls. It is recommended to either use the arrows to move each joint individually (lower right portion of the screen), or alternatively you can press and hold the button labelled: “Freedrive”, which allows you to drag the robot arm to the desired location by hand.

• Once you have placed the arm in the desired location, select “OK” in the bottom right corner of the screen.

• The first waypoint is now set and you can repeat the steps above to program the next movement.