[panel123]

I have a Tormach 770 and I want to design and make a 6 axis robotic arm. I want to make the arm work with the machine, loading and unloading parts. I want to power the arm with stepper motors, but how I can get the robot arm and the Tormach to operate as one machine?

To clarify what I am asking, I could use Mach 3, have a breakout board/motion controller, running stepper motor drivers, a power supply, all to control stepper motors, that control a part changing robotic arm. I could then mount this arm next to my mill and program it to change the part, but here is where I am totally lost: How do I make the arm and Tormach communicate? How will the arm know when the mill is finished and the mill know that the arm is finished? I know that I could time the system with delays, or make the robot push a button that starts the mill, but I am really hoping there is a better way.

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[ripperj]

Didn’t you post this same question in another category under a different user name?


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