ABB Fabrication Control

A general fabrication control module for the ABB robots.

Quick links: compas docs | compas_fab docs | compas_rrc_docs | rrc github repository | overview compas extensions | urdf and moveit tutorials | troubleshooting

Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro ⁽¹⁾.
• Rhinoceros 3D 7.0
• Anaconda Python Distribution: 3.x
• Docker Community Edition: Download it for Windows. Leave "switch Linux containers to Windows containers" disabled.
• Git: official command-line client or visual GUI (e.g. Github Desktop or SourceTree)
• ABB RobotStudio: 6.08 (only available for Windows). After install, make sure you add the latest RobotWare, 6.12.00 or newer (Add-Ins -> RobotApps -> Filter for RobotWare and add the version 6.12.00 or newer in the drop-down menu to the right). Please find further instructions for the installation here.
• VS Code with the following Extensions:
  • Python (official extension)
  • Docker (official extension, optional)

^{(1): Windows 10 Home does not support running Docker.}

Dependencies

• COMPAS RRC

Getting Started

1. Setting up the Anaconda environment with all dependencies

Execute the commands below in Anaconda Prompt:

Install Compas & Compas Fab

(base) conda config --add channels conda-forge
(base) conda create -n afc compas_fab --yes
(base) conda activate afc

Install Compas RRC

(afc) conda install compas_rrc

Install on Rhino

(afc) python -m compas_rhino.install -v 7.0

Verify Installation

(afc) pip show compas_fab

Name: compas-fab
Version: 0.XX.X
Summary: Robotic fabrication package for the COMPAS Framework
....

2. Cloning and installing the repository

Clone the repository

• Create a workspace directory: C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\workspace
• Open Github Desktop and clone the repository this repository into you workspace folder.

Install the repository in editable mode

(afc) python -m pip install -e <your_path>/<your_repository_name>
(afc) python -m compas_rhino.install -p abb_fabrication_control -v 7.0

Credits

This package was created by Lidia Atanasova lidia.atanasova@tum.de @lidiatanasova <https://github.com/lidiatanasova>_ at @augmentedfabricationlab <https://github.com/augmentedfabricationlab>_