Robotics Simulation: Milling Robot in V-REP

[Mohamed Magdy]

hey
how can I make such thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pKyPNpYsr8 (Robotics Simulation Milling Robot in V-REP)
firstly: I can not make shape cuttable through object properties http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFil ... bjects.htm
secondly: do just path can be enough for what have been done in the video ?

[coppelia]

Hello,

the shape cutting functionality is unfortunately not available anymore.

Cheers

[Mohamed Magdy]

hey coppelia

It's really unfortunate news,but I will try to fake it if i can
okay I will move to another application like welding or painting,and my question is :

1-in painting ,how can I paint a surface or make my path is a surface ?
2-in welding ,now I can use shape edges for path but what should I do if i want weld something away from the edges ?

[Mohamed Magdy]

hey

[coppelia]

To generate a path that covers a surface is kind of tricky. You will have to extract the surface data (e.g. vertices/indices) and figure out a path that covers it, then generate the path object for instance. Or you could use a proximity sensor that samples a surface and changes directions when nothing is detected. That is also tricky for making sure the whole surface is covered (depending on the surface).

To generate a path from the edges of a shape is a bit simpler: in the edge edit mode you have such a functionality.

If you need to follow the path at a specific distance, then simply compute the position/orientation with an offset.

Cheers

[Mohamed Magdy]

thank you very much :)