EtherCAT development services for advanced robotics

ITK Engineering GmbH has profound knowledge and extensive experience in developing control software for advanced robotic systems, using EtherCAT and FSoE protocols. Our engineers have been using these protocols for over a decade in medical software development.

We have extensive experience and knowledge in

• configuring, operating, and diagnosing large EtherCAT networks, including hot connect groups
• commercial and open-source EtherCAT MainDevice stacks across various operating systems (e.g. QNX, Windows, Xenomai, and Linux with RT Preempt Patch)
• EtherCAT mailbox protocols, particularly CoE, FoE, and EoE
• synchronizing EtherCAT networks using distributed clocks
• residual bus simulation
• motion control on basis of CiA402.

We also offer expertise and proficiency in

• configuring, operating, and diagnosing large FSoE networks
• developing safe motion control software that enables precise robot movements at high velocities while preventing dangerous and unintended actions
• safety and risk assessments from the project's inception
• developing safety system architecture and safety applications
• developing diagnostic and supervision applications that verify control application computations
• developing plausibility checks, technical validations and comparators to ensure the control and supervisory systems produce identical results in each execution cycle
• time synchronization between control and supervisory systems.