Wizard Easy Programming ABB Robotics offers its Wizard Easy Programming software as a free program to help everyone from first-time robot users to seasoned professionals quickly, easily and efficiently program robots. First released in 2020, the Wizard software uses a drag-and-drop, block-based approach to programming, and can be used in a range of applications with ABB’s collaborative robot portfolio, which includes the Yumi, Swifti and GoFa cobot families.
What’s new? Wizard 1.5.2, which introduces compatibility with six-axis industrial robots.
Benefits Ease of use. No previous programming skills are required, and users can get started within 10 minutes. Standard pre-installed blocks control actions such as robot movements, messages and signal instructions. By arranging these blocks, users can program functions as easily as putting sentences together to write a paragraph. Step-by-step instructions guide users as they fill the required parameters for each block. Wizard Easy Programming comes preinstalled on all cobots and new six-axis industrial robots powered by ABB’s OmniCore robot controller family.
ABB Robotics, Auburn Hills, Mich., 248-391-9000, www.abb.com/robotics
David Tillett | Associate Editor
Associate Editor David Tillett writes and edits for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. He covers new products, industry news, patents and consumer and business equipment. He has more than 20 years of experience in daily newspaper, online and magazine journalism.
