3Explanation of operation methods
Aligning the Hand
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If any posture components (A, B and C) become 180 degrees as a result of aligning
the hand, the component values can be 180 degrees or -180 degrees even if
the posture is the same. This is due to internal operation errors, and there is no con-
sistency in which sign is employed. If the position is used as position data for the
pallet definition instruction (Def Plt) and the same posture component values
include both +180 degrees and -180 degrees, the hand will rotate and move in
unexpected ways because the pallet operation calculates positions by dividing the
distance between -180 degrees and +180 degrees. When using position data
whose posture component values include 180 degrees for pallet definitions, use
or - consistently for the sign of 180 degrees. Note that if the position data is
used directly as the target position in an interpolation instruction, the hand moves
without problem regardless of the sign.
CAUTION