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KUKA, Augsburg, Germany, offers KUKA.UserTech software a user-friendly interface. It allows users quickly equip complex routines in the KUKA robot language (KRL) with simple inline forms and status keys via an editor with the graphical user interface (GUI).

The new software is designed to enable users who have not previously had any contact with robot controllers to create inline forms, status keys, buttons and messages for the robot controller. An editor is used to create the application commands in KUKA.WorkVisual, e.g., status keys for individual applications or entire operating sequences in the form of scripts. Status keys are buttons on the smartPAD that are used to enter frequently repeated commands quickly and easily. Inline forms are predefined input masks that are offered as templates and are intended to facilitate the use of routines in the KRL.

The KUKA.UserTech user interface is intended to score points above all with its user experience (UX). The software solution offers an intuitively usable editor on the computer, on whose standard user interface the configuration files are to be created quickly and easily by drag-and-drop. Intervention in the KRL is no longer necessary due to the user experience design. Subsequently, the commands are transferred as option packages to the handheld operating device for the control system. This is to avoid copying errors at the user interface - then the robot is ready for the application.

The preconfigured inline forms promise the user a safe operability of the editor on the computer. Input errors are displayed directly on the graphical user interface and are not discovered only when testing the robot control. Another advantage cited by the manufacturer is the universal applicability of KUKA.UserTech, which can be combined with all technology packages, such as KUKA.ArcTech or KUKA.PalletTech. The prerequisite for using the interface is a KUKA robot controller from KR C5. This should use at least software version 8.7 or higher of the KSS operating system. For suitable versions for existing systems, the experts are available.