RoboDK to Demonstrate New CAM Software That Cuts Robotic Machining Deployment Time by Up to 40% at Automate Chicago 2026

CHICAGO, June 18, 2026 - RoboDK, a global leader in offline programming (OLP) and simulation software for robots, will showcase its newly launched RoboDK CAM software at Automate (Booth #4476), demonstrating how robotic machining programs can be generated directly from CAD files. Designed to help people deploy robots with ease, RoboDK CAM can cut robotic machining deployment time by up to 40%.

The live demonstration will show how easily users can generate toolpaths and collision-free robot motion straight from CAD files and execute them in a production-ready environment, without having to manually build and tune robot code line by line.

Robotic machining adoption has been held back by the complexity of traditional methods of robot programming. RoboDK CAM addresses this problem by providing a way for manufacturers -including those without robot programming expertise- and integrators to move quickly and easily from design to production-ready automation cells.

"When generating robotic machining programs requires robot-specific expertise, it becomes a costly bottleneck," said Albert Nubiola, CEO, RoboDK. "At Automate, RoboDK will showcase a different approach to robot programming where CAD becomes the starting point, programs are automatically generated, and deployment becomes much faster and more repeatable. For manufacturers and integrators, this means rapid automation integration and deployments."

At the RoboDK booth (#4476), a compact industrial setup featuring a Mecademic robot will demonstrate the impact on real-world application workflows:
-CAD-to-robot machining: Toolpaths generated directly from a CAD model and executed as a robotic machining process
-Smart motion with collision avoidance: A pick-and-place task using automatic, collision-free motion planning in a constrained environment

RoboDK CAM enables robotic machining applications to be deployed faster, with less manual intervention, reduced effort, and greater consistency.

The showcase comes fresh on the release of RoboDK Version 6.0, which introduces major performance and simulation improvements alongside native CAM support. The update significantly accelerates core operations such as collision checking and geometry processing (by up to 10x to 100x times in some cases) while improving handling of large point clouds and complex 3D models.

RoboDK Version 6.0 also expands motion planning capabilities and simulation flexibility, including enhancements to its collision-free motion planner and new event-based simulation features for modelling more complex automation scenarios.

In February 2026, RoboDK software achieved support for more than 1,400 robot models across more than 80 robot brands. This is a major milestone for software designed to be a hardware-agnostic tool supported by the world's largest digital library of robot arms and components for use in OLP and simulation.