Override Robot Tool

Description

Instructive Action: Defines an instruction to change the current robot tool of the ABB robot.

Input Parameters

Robot Tool (RT): Defines the robot tool. By default tool tool0 is used. A custom robot tool can be generated by using the Robot Tool component.

Output Parameters

Override Robot Tool (ORT): Contains the instruction to change the robot tool to the defined robot tool as an Action for RAPID code generation.

Usage

Code Generation: Plug the output parameter of this component into the RAPID Generator component to add a code line to the RAPID program module that sets the currently used robot tool. The currently used robot tool should be defined in RAPID system code. This is done automatically when creating a Robot Tool by using the Robot Tool component. Each robot tool name needs to be unique.