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Watch our 45-minute webinar to learn the features and advantages that WeldCloud Productivity and Notes provides and a live demo to show you how it works in real life.
In episode six of General Industry: OLRP Insights, we sit down with Tyler Rudnicki, Manufacturing Engineering Technologist at Yaskawa Motoman Canada, and get his take on automation in the general industry.
Implementation is the process of calibrating real system components with those in the virtual world. OCTOPUZ offers implementation services to ensure the virtual world created within OCTOPUZ exactly matches your real-world physical robot system(s).
We had one goal in mind: let's make our OLRP experience even better.
Download our 20-minute live cutting demo presented by Chris Heit from OCTOPUZ. He will share how to produce cutting programs in OCTOPUZ.
Manufacturers worldwide employ industrial robotics to automate production tasks. However, many today are programming robots manually, which causes production delays. In our product webinar, we will explore cutting-edge Offline Robot Programming software, OCTOPUZ.
In our latest blog, we break down absolute joint values or coordinate systems and share which is better for OLRP alignment.
A question that a first-time OLRP software user often has is "What does the process of programming robots offline look like?" In this article, we describe how an OCTOPUZ user goes from receiving a new part to program in a welding cell to running it on their robot in a matter of hours.
OCTOPUZ and Nucleo have come together to host a 30-minute insightful discussion around how manufacturers can attain the welding trifecta.
OCTOPUZ and READY have teamed up for a 30-minute insightful discussion around how manufacturers can unlock ROI utilizing robotic software.
OCTOPUZ Offline Robot Programming (OLRP) software enables your welding robots to continue working while new functions are being programmed in a virtual environment. We invite you to download our live welding demo.
Additive manufacturing has been increasing in popularity across the manufacturing industry in recent years. While robot additive systems are often much more expensive than their 3D printer counterparts of comparable print volume, there are a few key reasons to choose them to control your extruder.
RobotWorx explored how industrial welding robots can improve not only your profitability but your productivity. There has been a common fear in the industry that robots are taking your jobs. Discover how adding industrial welding robots can improve your profitability and productivity.
Merging statements is more powerful than ever! When using Merge, we will intelligently combine your statements together by removing interior lead points and redundant tool commands.
Quickly create multiple statements in OCTOPUZ using our "Create Another" feature - if checked, we will automatically get you started with creating your next statement.
Robotic software leaders OCTOPUZ and READY Robotics have partnered up to share their insights on the manufacturing industry. You may be thinking READY and OCTOPUZ, what an interesting partnership. Are you not competitors? How does your respective software work together? We are setting the record straight and debunking the myths around our partnership and why it’s not crazy for Offline Robot Programming (OLRP) and No Code leaders to partner.
ESAB hosted their Europe Xpanse event virtually from April 27-29. This event featured more than product 50 introductions that address the needs of every market segment, as well as online classroom opportunities with ESAB University.
In this article, we will take a deeper dive into touch sensing exploring how it works, when it can be useful, and what some of its limitations are.
OCTOPUZ OLRP enables you to program complex robot operations within your virtual cell. You can simplify toolpath programming, automatically detect, avoid errors, program, and post-multi-robot cells all in one single platform. Join us as we take you under the surface of OCTOPUZ. We will share how your complex welding programs can be simplified with OLRP.
Companies across multiple industries have been encouraged to incorporate smart manufacturing within their facilities. We agree that automation is the future. Discover the many advantages of automating with industrial robots revealed by RobotWorx.
In the virtual world: everything is perfect. In the real world: nothing is perfect. The reality is that although OLRP can produce programs that are very accurate when transferred to real robots, multiple factors can affect accuracy. In our latest blog post, we will discuss some of the most common factors that affect the accuracy of OLRP programs and some tips and tricks for dealing with them.
The robot market is diverse. However, many manufacturers tend to use a few or one robot brand in their facilities. The high cost of training staff on multiple robot brands is outweighing the desire to purchase the superior robot. We believe that robot programming should be brand agnostic, assist with programming downtime, and simple to use no matter what robot brand you have in your facilities.
Jon House sits down with Jim Groark, Sr. Project Manager at Curtiss Wright. Watch this exciting conversation as they discuss how OLRP has made a difference in the way they operate.
The rotate feature provides your access to select a rotation axis in the 3D world to create rotated copies from original statements. Rotate supports creating up to 25 statement copies, in one go.
In just a few clicks in OCTOPUZ your statements can be transformed from the originating robot to any robot. Within our new panel group called "Transform Destination", you can have statements transform in your cell as easy as 1, 2, 3!
OCTOPUZ is excited to announce we are joining the ESAB family of brands! On January 20, 2021, OCTOPUZ was acquired by ESAB Group Canada Inc. ESAB is a recognized leader and global producer of welding and cutting equipment and consumables.
Jon House sits down with Tom Fischer, Operations Manager at RobotWorx. RobotWorx focuses on providing quality industrial robotic solutions and customized integration worldwide. Watch Jon and Tom as they discuss how automation has made an impact in the general industry.
The evolution of transform is here: simplified programming between multiple robots, transform statements via rotation, and much more.
Save a significant amount of programming time by transforming your statements in OCTOPUZ.
A critical need for cutting and machining applications is the ability to smoothly blend into your cutting or machining path. To tackle this, we designed an entirely new lead shape: tangent arc motions.
You asked; we listened! Setting a unique start and end flare on a path was one of our most highly requested features. For complete tool axis control, you can now define and set a unique start point and end point flare angle and distance.
When using our "Floor-Wall" selection method in OCTOPUZ, you can create a path on an outside edge. Perfect for cutting and trimming applications.
When using our “Edge & Curve” path selection method, a preview is shown while hovering, so you can see the exact path you're creating before you even click.
Jon House hosts a discussion with Aaron DeJong of Accumetal Manufacturing Inc. After many years of manual welding, the volume of work increased and triggered the need to look at more automation. Watch this exciting conversation as they discuss Accumetal’s journey with Offline Robot Programming.
What are your options for OLRP? Who offers OLRP? What red flags should you watch for? These are questions often asked by manufacturers looking to evaluate OLRP providers. Read the blog to learn how to pick the right provider for you.
Advanced cutting and machining capabilities, tangent arc lead motions, multi-select and update points, and much more.
Cutting and machining applications are made easy with OCTOPUZ.
No matter what type of welding you're using robots to tackle, we can program it in OCTOPUZ.
Programming in OCTOPUZ, from start to finish. All in 3 minutes.
Import statements into OCTOPUZ from your favourite CAM software, for a number of different file types.
Add advanced welding configurations - stitch, multipass, and seam tracking - with the click of a button.
Check out our intuitive, simple-to-use tools for creating search statements in OCTOPUZ.
New ways to push the way you program your welds even further.
Quickly and easily convert your robot program built in OCTOPUZ to usable code for your physical robot.
Quickly and efficiently analyze and solve for errors in the statements of your robot program.
Discover some of the tools available in OCTOPUZ that provide complete control over path creation.
When it comes to Offline Robot Programming (OLRP), the Tool Center Point (TCP) is what defines the exact working point of the robot; it is the point used to determine the robot's positional coordinates.
Create robotic toolpaths using three unique path selection methods in OCTOPUZ.
Watch how OCTOPUZ can easily and intuitively build robotic cells.
Seam Tracking doesn't work reliably with aluminum workpieces. How can this be overcome with OLRP? By using Touch Sensing instead.
Welcome to our next generation programming experience.
There will almost always be discrepancies in CAD, whether minor - a few millimeters of variance - or major - missing key components of the part. In both cases, we discuss the best solutions.
This is a question we see a lot, and so we've come up with five robot functions that are critical to the success of OLRP.
We've put together this short article on our top five key reasons to the above question
Thank you for being a part of the OCTOPUZ family in 2019! We are excited for everything to come in 2020!
Offline Robot Programming (OLRP) is making the integration of robot systems in manufacturing more cost effective, easy to deploy, and scalable.
In this short webinar, watch how KUKA and OCTOPUZ are working together to keep your robots in production and working for you.
Contrary to what many think, hiring new staff isn’t always necessary. Learn how a robot and Offline Robot Programming can improve your bottom line.
OCTOPUZ performs a blade grinding application with a Yaskawa Motoman GP7 robot and an attached Zimmer Group IO-Link GEP5000 2-Jaw Parallel Gripper.
Additive Manufacturing simulation image from OCTOPUZ
In a continuing series, OCTOPUZ will be examined to determine their expertise in the field of offline programming software for robotics. In this post, we will be looking at edge following applications in OCTOPUZ.
CNC Machine with Robot simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Material Handling simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Welding simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Material Handling & Deburring simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Edge Following simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Pick and Place simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Material Removal simulation image from OCTOPUZ
Welding simulation from OCTOPUZ with a real-life side-by-side
Dimic Steel Tech, a metal fabrication and machining service provider in Upland, California uses OCTOPUZ to program their robot, a KUKA KR 16 for MIG welding, from start to finish.
OCTOPUZ mills the Stanley Cup® using a KUKA KR Agilus robot equipped with a PushCorp, Inc. SM2002 Spindle
Although the OCTOPUZ offline programming and simulation platform is employed around the world, it is, very proudly, a Canadian company.
OCTOPUZ mills a 3D sculpture using a KUKA robot equipped with a PushCorp spindle.
Flory Industries is a manufacturer of nut-harvesting equipment. They invested in a Lincoln Electric Welding Cell equipped with a Fanuc robot programmed with OCTOPUZ to weld components for their harvester machines and complete mainframes.
Slic3r was the start, the robot was the finish, OCTOPUZ is everything in between.
There is a multitude of robot brands in the industrial robotics industry, there is also a multitude of options for programming. Manual programming, OEM specific software, and third party offline programming software are some of the different approaches.
A unique quality of OCTOPUZ’s software is that it is ONE software solution to program all robot brands/models in the exact same way.
Throughout a student’s education, the student is taken through a curriculum that shapes him/her in the best way possible for their career path.
Universal Robots and OCTOPUZ work together to automate Fibreline’s manufacturing process while providing flexibility for the future
This fear of new technologies dates back hundreds of years about the inevitable changes that they bring. However, again and again, it has proven that while some jobs are lost, they are ultimately replaced with new ones.
Old World Stone recently made the leap of faith into technology of the future, investing in OCTOPUZ, Mastercam, and a KUKA robot (KUKA 120-R27000 Extra HA Quantic Robot with 4C Controller).
OCTOPUZ specializes in the design, development, implementation, and customization of superior Offline Programming (OLRP) software for industrial robotic applications, doing so with extensive knowledge acquired from all around the world.
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