Design Document

Technologies / Languages

• Custom ChatGPT wrapper for RobotStudio
• Visual C#
• Note; recommended development environment is Visual Studio

General Description

The addin should be a simple ChatGPT wrapper designed for use with RobotStudio. Users should be able to select a text entry field within RobotStudio, type in a question and recieve an answer in the form of a text explanation from the LLM. The answers given by the LLM should ideally be as concise and clear as possible, using as little technical lingo as possible.

Target Audience

The target audience for this application are users who have little to no experience using ABB's RobotStudio software.

Use Cases

• As a Mechanical Engineer in the Robotics Club, I want to be able to quickly write some basic code so that I can test if the construction of my ABB robot is correct and it can perform its tasks as intened
• As a new hire at a manufacturing facility, I want to be able to get up to speed on the basics of RobotStudio, so that I can effectively manage the facility's robots
• As a RobotStudio marketer, I want to be able to show the ease of use and user-friendliness of our software, so that I can convince potential customers to use our product

Development Environment Setup

1. Install RobotStudio (this will be needed to test the addin)
2. Install Visual Studio (this is the recommended development environment for RobotStudio Addins)
3. Install Visual C# if it is not already present on your machine
4. Install the RobotStudio SDK
   • This can be downloaded at the following url: https://developercenter.robotstudio.com/robotstudio-sdk/download
   • select the most recent version and follow the install guide
5. Open Visual Studio and select new project and search for "RobotStudio Empty Add-in
   • If the templates do not appear, you may need to manually copy the folder containing the template zip-files into: ../Visual Studio /Templates/ProjectTemplates/Visual C#

Running a Custom RobotStudio Add-In

To run a RobotStudio add-in you have created there are 3 steps

1. Execute the "build solution" command in Visual Studio, this will generate a .dll file
   • To do this right-click the .sln file and select the build option in the dropdown menu
2. Open the .rsaddin file and edit the [FilePath] to point to the newly generated .dll file
3. Copy the .rsadding file from the directory in the RobotStudio add-in folder
   • According to RobotStudio's developer center this is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\ABB\RobotStudio version\Bin\Addins by default
4. Finally, open RobotStudio, navigate to the Add-Ins menu, right click your add-in and select "Load Add-In" from the dropdown menu

Feature Planning

• - Collapsable Window in main RobotStudio development environment
• - Text Entry Field
• - Text Output Field
• - Button that links directly to documentation for RobotStudio
• - Large Language Model Trained on RobotStudio Documentation
• - Output filtering software to ensure that text generated by the LLM is not overly wordy or complex
• - (Stretch Goal) Ability for the LLM to link relevant documentation if a user needs more detail on a particular question