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Tutorial on How to Produce Gripper WCI&Skill

About this tutorial

This tutorial is about producing WCI (workcell Item) and skill. In this tutorial, It explains how to create a double-acting gripper using digital I/O by WCI and how to add skill.

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  1. Create Gripper WCI
  2. Create Gripper Skill

You can learn how to do the following from this tutorial:

  1. Create WCI using WCI Writer

  2. Create Global functions and variables using Global Function & Variable Writer

  3. Create skill using Skill Writer

  4. Create WCI/Skill setup file (*.dr3) that can be used in the Workcell Manager at Teach Pendant.


This manual include not only tutorial for double-acting gripper, but also example of 'Creating a single-acting tool WCI&Skill'.

Tutorial on how to create gripper WCI

Create a double-acting gripper by WCI that can be connected to the flange by digital I/O communication method.

  1. Enter the basic information of the gripper.

  2. Register the digital I/O communication method and configure the UI screen.

  3. Add ‘Grasp’ and ‘Release’, which are the essential actions of the gripper.

  4. You can create a gripper WCI with the result. The UI of the gripper WCI will be shown as below on Teach Pendant.
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Tutorial on how to create gripper skill(Pick&Place)

Create pick and place skill of the gripper.

  1. Enter the basic information of the skill.

  2. Add pick/place skill.

  3. Create and add a robot motion.

  4. Create and add an I/O action.

  5. You can create a gripper WCI with the result. The UI of the gripper WCI skill will be shown as below on Teach Pendant.

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Doosan Robotics provides a sample for this tutorial on the App Builder web page. You can create a double-acting gripper WCI and Pick&Place skill simply by copying the following sample.

WCI Writer

  • Sample_DIO_Gripper

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Skill Writer

  • Sample_Pick_v2

  • Sample_Place_v2

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Depending on the version of the sample, the description of this example and the contents of WCI and skill provided as a sample may not be the same.