Upgrade of 2 off KUKA controllers

Tender description

AEMRI seeks to create a unique facility housing a critical mass of equipment, expertise and resources. AEMRI provides an environment to test and prove the limits of performance of advanced materials. Through the use of advanced modelling and simulation methods, full, large-scale mechanical test structures will be designed and built upon finite element analysis (FEA) calculations. Advanced, automated non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques will be developed with the aim of saving the industry time and production costs as well as minimising the risk of catastrophic structural failures. AEMRI will deliver the objectives of the project through the following four technical strands:- - Modelling and Simulation of High Performance Materials and Structures. - Advanced Robotic Inspection of Complex Geometry Structures. - Inspection Systems for Very Large Structures for the Green Energy Sector. - Nuclear Fabrication Research Centre. TWI’s current robot cell configuration consists of two KR16 L6-2’s with KRC4 controllers. The two robots are configured in a master-slave relationship, and each controller contains the following software add-ons: - Robot Sensor Interface - RSI V3.1.2 - EthernetKRL V2.1.1 - RoboTeam V1.0.2 The current robots controller and software is no longer supported. TWI is looking to upgrade the system, to a supported version, and to be of the same specification as our 2nd cell, which is running: - KSS 8.5 - Robot Sensor Interface - RSI V4.0 - EthernetKRL V3.0 - RoboTeam V3.0