FANUC Frames & Prog

All the goody on frames and programming jargons

When you set up a Tool Frame, what frame should you be jogging the robot in?

WORLD

When setting up a Tool Frame, where does the robot get the measurements from?

Center of Robot Faceplate

What menu is used to manually change a frame number?

Jog Menu (SHIFT + COORD)

Which of the following is not a form of Cartesian Jogging?

JOINT

When testing a Tool Frame, it is very important that:

When jogging in TOOL, you press axis keys W,P, and R to check TCP orientation

What is a general when teaching User Frames in a work cell?

Usually for each station, there will be 1 User Frame

What does "TCP" stand for?

Tool Center Point

What Tool Frame method allows you to only change the orientation of the TCP?

3 Point Method

What Tool Frame method allows you to change the orientation & direction of the TCP?

6 point method XZ

Can a robot have more than 1 Tool Frame set up?

Yes

What file contains the frame variables in an All of Above Backup?

FRAMEVAR.VR

If you want to insert a fixed number in the user frame set instruction, what do you have to choose?

CONSTANT

What instruction is used to switch Tool frames automatically in a teach pendant program?

UTOOL= […]

What instruction is used to switch frames automatically in a teach pendant program?

UFRAME= […]

What are the different methods you can use to teach a user frame?

All of the Above

What keys on the pendant are used to display the Jog Menu?

SHIFT+COORD

What type of jogging does not reference the WORLD frame? (Cartesian)

JOINT (Ind)

What frame provides a convenient way to jog the robot?

Jog

What frame can be defined in any location and orientation that is relative to the robot?

User

What frame is used to setup the EOAT and telling the robot where the work is going to be done?

Tool (EOAT)

What frame links the robot origin to the tool center point (TCP)?

Tool (User)

What frame is known as the robot's origin (zero)?

WORLD (Home)

What type of frame is a default and can not be changed?

WORLD (Pmt)

The intersection of the 3 XYZ planes is known as what?

Origin

What numerical system is used to describe location and orientation of a position?

Cartesian

When inserting a program instruction, you must highlight either a line number or

END

Which menu (or soft key) allows you to enter additional program information (like gripper ON / OFF) into a teach pendant program?

[INST]

What button must be pressed prior to jogging the robot in joint mode?

SHIFT

To verify each statement in a program and test each statement independently, use SHIFT + FWD and this key

STEP

Based on the guidelines for naming teach pendant programs (TPP), this name would NOT be considered acceptable

1PROG

To fix a DEADMAN Error press the Deadman Switch, Shift and

Reset

WORLD allows you to JOG in a true XYZ ___ Coordinate System

Cartesian

The SHIFT key is referred to as a _ key

Modifier

What is the number one safety concern when working with industrial robots?

People

It is recommended that you insert this instruction before and after opening and closing the gripper

WAIT

Which of the following hard keys would bring the menu item ABORT ALL to the TP screen?

FCTN

Which of the following best describes the movement of the robotic arm?

3D space

This instruction can be used to create a loop in a program

JMP LBL

The +% and the -% keys control the

SPEED

The "right hand rule" is helpful when determining the direction a robot will move while jogging in the _

WORLD

To record the current position use in the menu

Point

To switch manually from one program to another, you have to be in which screen?

Select

Which I/O submenu is used to turn the EOAT On and Off

Robot

This is the instruction used to direct a JUMP to the place in a program for a loop

LBL

When using the "Right Hand Rule", the Thumb represents

Z Axis (yaW)

In the “Right Hand Rule”, the index represents

X axis (Roll)

In the “Right Hand Rule”, the middle finger represents

Y axis (Pitch)

When teaching the robot positions in space select this key switch position; in this mode, speed is limited to 250 mm per second at 10%

T1

This is the key to move to additional Menu options

NEXT

To Switch between JOINT, WORLD, TOOL, JGFRM, and USER for Jogging Purposes, you need to press which of the following keys?

COORD

Based on the guidelines for naming teach pendant programs (TPP), this name would be considered acceptable

PROG1

The E-Stops are located on the Teach Pendant and the what?

Controller