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More Robots Migrate to PC-Based Controls


     

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It's a compelling concept: Use an inexpensive PC to control the axes of a robot but do so in a way that avoids the cost of a Windows operating system. This is the model Automated Assemblies Corp. followed in fielding a new robot for the injection-molding industry.
The approach of the company involved using the Linux open source operating system. For its new Raptor Series robots, AAC handles motion control and work-cell functions through a PC-based platform from Motion Engineering Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif.
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It's a compelling concept: Use an inexpensive PC to control the axes of a robot but do so in a way that avoids the cost of a Windows operating system. This is the model Automated Assemblies Corp. followed in fielding a new robot for the injection-molding industry.
The approach of the company involved using the Linux open source operating system. For its new Raptor Series robots, AAC handles motion control and work-cell functions through a PC-based platform from Motion Engineering Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif.