Integration of Comau robot into the Siemens Sinumerik 840D sl control system

Abstract

This article deals with the integration of Comau robotic arm into the Sinumerik system. The idea behind is to integrate a robotic arm into a machine tool as an exchangeable milling head. Such a solution would allow increasing a workspace of a machine tool by performing light machining operations with a robotic arm in places otherwise unreachable for conventional tools.