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ArfBotOS

ArfBotOS is an operating system for a 6-axis robot and vision system running on CoDeSys, Arduino, and OpenCV. One of the main intentions of ArfBotOS is to give an example of how a typical industrial control system is programmed in IEC-61131 (structured text). This will give good experience to new Automation and Controls engineers. Please see the wiki here for more.

ArfBotOS has a web-base HMI that is hosted via what is known in CoDeSys as a 'Visu'. From the Main HMI screen you can select a program to run and view its movement from the Process Viewer group box.
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The architecture of the software utilizes the idea of Processors that handle different types of commands. For example, the MoveCommandProcessor parses a move command and moves the robot. Each processor extends a base function block that implements a PackML statemachine. From the Main HMI screen, you can view and control the Orchestrator and Active Processor's state machine.
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From the Jogging HMI screen you can jog the robot in all coordinate systems using the HMI buttons or a Playstation Dualsense controller.
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Disclaimer: The cost of the hardware in this project has been kept at a minimum to make it more attainable. However, there is a Codesys licensing cost associated with this project but the runtime will run in demo mode for 2 hours if you do not purchase the license. (You can restart the runtime to restart the 2 hour demo mode). The licensing cost approx $695.00 USD and this will get you multi-core support on the Raspberry Pi as well as CNC/Robotics motion control.