Reference Example: Virtual Commissioning of a Precision Robotics System

Test and validate a PLC-controlled robotics systems using hardware-in-the-loop simulation

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Learn how to:

Generate a multibody digital twin of your robotic system directly from CAD data.
Integrate control algorithms with the digital twin and perform model-in-the-loop (MIL) testing to accelerate design and testing.
Seamlessly transition from MIL to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing within Simulink^® without modifying your model.
Interface the robotic system’s digital twin with a supervisory controller running on a Beckhoff PLC, using the EtherCAT protocol.
Perform automated testing interactively to validate the supervisory and motion controls, as well as the PLC controller hardware.

Digital twin of the robotic system developed using Simscape™ Multibody™

Use Multibody Explorer to interactively visualize and animate the digital twin

Configure EtherCAT communication between the robotic system digital twin and a Beckhoff PLC-based supervisory controller using off-the-shelf protocol libraries