Chicago, Illinois - Robotics have long been used for high-volume, low-mix applications where time consuming and complex programming is required. The demands for flexible manufacturing as well as constant improvements in accuracy and motion of industrial robots are enabling their use in emerging high-mix environments. A major obstacle to this trend is the lack of mature and versatile programming tools that have become a standard requirement for programming CNC machine tools. Learn about how recent advances in robotic programming are being used to exploit the flexibility of robots, turning a programming challenge into an advantage, enabling a new wave of robotics in manufacturing.
About the authors
Chahe Bakmazjian’s accomplishments include co-founding Jabez Technologies, the creator of Robotmaster, software that takes a CAD/CAM, rather than teaching, approach to robotic programming. Now part of Hypertherm, Mr. Bakmazjian leads Hypertherm's Robotic Software Team, where he continues to lead a team responsible for combining CAD/CAM software development technologies with applied mathematics and robot kinematics. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique with a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in Manufacturing and Automation.
Peter Brahan leads the automation team at Hypertherm where he is responsible for the company’s CNC and torch height control products and software. In addition, he oversees the company’s robotic and CAM solutions teams. He is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Control Systems Engineering and the University of Kansas with an M.S. in Engineering Management. He served five years as a Nuclear Submarine Officer on board the USS Albuquerque before joining Hypertherm in 2003.
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