General force guide object

The following 10 general force guide objects are available.

Category
Object name
Description
Contact Contact Move the robot to the specified direction and stop it when contacting with the object.
Follow Relax Adjust the position of the robot so that the applied force and torque to the specified axis will be "0".
FollowMove While moving the specified trajectory, adjust the position of the robot so that the applied force and torque to the specified axis will be "0".
Align SurfaceAlign Align a surface of the grasped workpiece with that of the object.
Probe PressProbe Detect a hole or a step on the object while pressing the grasped workpiece.
ContactProbe Detect a hole on the object while contacting the grasped workpiece.
Press Press Press to the specified axis direction.
PressMove Press to the specified axis direction while moving the specified trajectory.
Execution Decision Processing branches off depending on the success or failure of the object.
SPELFunc Execute a function of the specified SPEL program.

This chapter describes types and properties of each general force guide object, and how to set or adjust the properties.
For more details on the settings of the force guide objects, refer to the following section.
Software Set force guide object(s)