Robot programming GUI

SmartGUI is the graphical user interface for Kuka robots. Robots only work on instruction and the SmartGUI system is designed to enable that instruction be straightforward and simple.

Operation and control of a Kuka robot over a range of functions like handling, pick and place, manipulation and surface finishing tasks is simplified through the use of graphically enhanced screen instructions.

Every customer has specific requirements, so Kuka’s SmartGUI can be tailored to those requirements, which means that operators can work the robot without the need for lengthy or complicated training courses.

Only a short training schedule will enable operators to perform a wide range of operating instructions. All tools relevant to the given application are displayed on the interface screen with simple program selection supported by easy-to-interpret icons. For instance, pressing the ‘Homedrive’ button makes the robot move to its home position using a previously defined safe path.

Supported by graphic control elements, operators also have the ability to manipulate any point in a robot program within a user-defined tolerance range, thereby correcting points along the robot’s path.

Initially, the interface must be loaded and implemented to suit specific applications, for example, machine tending and injection moulding, through the use of Kuka’s SmartGUI Studio package.

Kuka SmartGUI libraries are included within the system with programming databases with predefined sub-functions, macros or program modules for specific applications. These allow fast, efficient, application-oriented programming.