Trio provides Indian technology university with robot programming capabilities

Trio Motion Technology has provided the MIT Art, Design and Technology University in Pune, India, with a robot programming and control platform to enable students to develop their 6-axis robot programming capabilities.

To create skilled developers of tomorrow, engineering department professors at the university, which is among the most prestigious technology institutions in India, require students to create bespoke 6-axis articulated robot applications.

The university selected Trio for its open robot control platform that enables students to develop bespoke mathematical models and mechanical movements, instead of being restricted to the pre-programmed functionality of a typical teach pendant.

“Trio’s robot is user friendly, which is helping the students to have industrial environment exposure and it enables students to develop their own robot programmes quite quickly,” says Professor Rageshri Bakare, of the electronics and communications engineering department at MIT School of Engineering.

“So far in this collaboration between MIT Art, Design and Technology Pune and Trio, two professors and six students have been trained and are currently developing pick and place applications with the robot control platform. In future, professors intend to open development to over 20 students from wider departments, including Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments, to create their own robotic programmes.”

To help students speed up development, Trio’s real-text motion commands are fast and intuitive to deploy compared to PLC-based logic.

“With many robot controllers, their pre-programmed robotic models are restrictive, meaning students are unable to develop their own robotic paths. Instead, Trio’s system means that students can learn by quickly creating their own robot applications from scratch, writing their own mathematical models. They can even develop their own teach pendants using an HMI or laptop,” says Trio India’s general manager, Upendra Vanarase.

Trio has provided MIT ADT Pune with a 6-axis robot from Trio’s parent brand, Estun Automation, which is controlled by a Trio MC664 controller. Students are programming the controller with Trio’s intuitive MotionPerfect software, running on Trio’s powerful Motion-iX motion engine.