Although manyprogramming and controlling technologies for industrial robots have evolved over the last several years, one component has remained fairly constant—the robot teach pendant. Most pendants today are brand specific, hard to use, and lack the basic functions and features we expect from our everyday devices. Even a simple function such as copy and paste is an impossibility on many current models.
Therefore, it’s time to transform the teach pendant into something befitting the capabilities of modern technology, since direct user control of a robot remains a critical part of robotic operations. This fact is true even in light of tools such as offline robotic programming (OLRP) software.