RoboDK supports all Yaskawa Motoman robot controllers since XRC controllers. You can create JBI program files directly from RoboDK and move the real robot from RoboDK using the driver for Yaskawa Motoman robots.
By default, when you generate a JBI program from RoboDK you may see the target output in pulses. Some operations, such as changing the tool from your program (SETTOOL) or editing Cartesian targets (Relative Job) require specific software options. If you want to generate programs using Cartesian coordinates you can change the default driver to Motoman Cartesian.
More information about post processors and how to customize them is available in the post processors section.
RoboDK driver for Yaskawa Motoman
Yaskawa Motoman Dx100 Manual Instructions
Robot drivers provide an alternative to Offline Programming. With the Yaskawa/Motoman drivers you can move a robot directly from RoboDK as you simulate your program (Online Programming). More information available in the Robot Drivers section.
Since RoboDK version 4.2 you can connect to the robot controller using RoboDK’s robot driver using the High-Speed Ethernet Server (HSE) protocol and the driver called MotomanHSE. This driver does not require you to have the MotoCom software option. This communication protocol (also called “Remote”) is available by default with recent Yaskawa robot controllers. This protocol allows you to move and monitor the robot from a computer at a refresh rate of 70 Hz.
Select Connect-Connect to Robot, enter the robot IP and select Connect (you can ignore the port). Make sure you are using the latest driver path that supports HSE protocol (MotomanHSE).
To enable this mode of operation on the robot you should simply set the teach pendant to Remote mode.
This allows using RoboDK’s Run on robot option for online programming and debugging. The connection can be established through a standard Ethernet connection (TCP/IP - UDP).
The configuration should be done automatically and there is no need to set up anything specific on the robot controller side.