JASPER, IN — Robotic Solutions in Jasper, Indiana, and its Italian-based partner CMA Robotics have developed a revolutionary method to program complex parts for robotic spraying using virtual reality.   

For the last 15 years or more, self-teaching technology has been widely used to program a spray robot.  This process requires the operator to drag the entire robot arm around the part as if to spray it with the attached gun.  If a mistake is made, then you must start over again.  Everything is done at the robot while no production spraying can take place.  This process can be time consuming and requires advanced skills to create a working spray program.

VR Tracking allows the spray gun to be removed from the robot and moved freely around the part to be sprayed.  An array of sensors virtually tracks these motions and sends the saved program to an offline program editing software – allowing for simple refinements to be made while the robot is spraying live production parts.  

This process will allow for more precise programming to reduce cycle times and material waste, while being simple to operate offline away from the finish room.