Video tutorials

Overview of the System execution architecture of URScript, to give an explanation of "what goes where" https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/ur/urplus-resources/urcap-ur-software-architecture/

Simple walkthrough of how a program can be converted into URScript. This gives a basic understanding of how to start offline programming with URScript.

Get an overview of the different communication interfaces https://www.universal-robots.com/products/ur-developer-suite/communication-protocol/ of the PolyScope 5 and see how to send URScript commands to the UR robot over a socket connection. Learn how to activate the Interpreter Mode of the robot and how to end it again.

This tutorial walks you through all the steps of configuring a tool/end-effector

Try our new machine tending module in the “e-Series Application Track” in “Online Training”. Here you can also download the entire machine tending program for URsim. Learn how to: - work with dual grippers/TCPs - set up communication between the robot and a CNC machine - structure your machine tending program in subprograms to create a robust and flexible application

From version 5.8 of Polyscope, it’s now possible to constrain rotation or movement in linear axes when using freedrive, which makes programming faster and easier. This tutorial presents 4 typical use cases: - Translation with tool feature - Translation with custom-made feature - Plane with inclined workpiece - Rotation - Enable freedrive with input signal

Have you ever experienced your robot colliding with its surroundings when restarting it after a program stop? This tutorial will show you how to prevent collision with a "Before Start Sequence"

Learn how you can program the robot to measure the dimensions of objects using only a gripper and a reference point. Very suitable for quality inspection and sorting tasks.

How to use the force sensor to detect objects (direction command/move until tool contact)

In this video tutorial you will learn how to align the active TCP to a feature.

In this video tutorial you will learn how to change payload and center of gravity during program execution.

Learn how to make your application safer by restricting the angle in which the end-of-arm tool is allowed to point.

Learn how to restrict the movement range & speed for each individual robot joint

Learn how to create and configure safety planes. The planes can prevent the robot from moving beyond them in normal mode, reduced mode or both; or it can trigger reduced mode.

How to download and use the support log reader to troubleshoot using log files.

A guide to updating software on Universal Robots CB-Series

In this video tutorial you will learn how to create a back up log file for Universal Robots e-Series.

Step-by-step instructions on how to replace a CB-series joint

Step-by-step instructions on how to change a size 1 joint

Step-by-step instructions on how to change an e-Series size 3 joint

Step-by-step instructions on how to change a size 2 joint

In this module, you will see the brand new GUI of PolyScope X and where to find what. The next modules will dive deeper into the functionalities.

See how to use the wizards to configure Payload, Center of Gravity (CoG), Tool Center Point (TCP) and orientation of a tool, and learn where to configure I/O's for a tool.

In this video we show how to make a simple Pick and Place program using PolyScope X.

Learn how to make Modules and functions. This will increase the readability of your program, and make it simple to reuse with different parameters.

Learn how to Transform a waypoint using a user-defined offset. This will minimize the number of waypoints needed in a program, which is smart when you need to adjust the program.

Learn how to use the Grid feature in PolyScope X, to minimize the number of waypoints needed. (It resembles the base layout for the Palletizing wizard in PolyScope 5.)

In this module the features: Modules and Functions, Grids, and Transform with offsets are used to build a simple CNC application.

Learn how to set up the operator screen. How to make input variable and selections accessible to the operator, and how to show application values directly on the operator screen.

See a short walkthrough of the template for a CNC Lathe Machine application. Teach the key waypoints, Configure the CNC Machine connection with I/O's, and make a few adjustments, and you are good to go. Find more information here: www.universal-robots.com/products/polyscope-x/.