Bin Picking Plastic Bottles - http://www.fanucrobotics.com/Products...
Traditionally, robotic bin picking been a very challenging process for industrial robots. FANUC America has worked to meet the challenges and is showing manufacturers how easy and practical bin picking can be through the use of robotic vision.
In this video, the six-axis FANUC M-20iA Robot uses FANUC's New iRVision 3D Area Sensor to locate and pick randomly oriented plastic bottles from a storage container. Once a part is picked, the robot uses iRVision 2D to detect the orientation of the bottle on the fly and places it on a conveyor in a consistent orientation. The conveyor transfers the bottles to a second bin. FANUC's new high-speed 3D Area Sensor works by providing full 3D maps of the bin in one quick vision shot. In addition, this system uses FANUC's iRVision Interference Avoidance feature, which prevents the robot and tooling from coming into contact with the bin walls.
The FANUC 3D Area Sensor is easy to use, allowing bin picking setup through the iPendant in a matter of mere minutes. Once the first bin is emptied, the robot slips on its end of arm tooling, picks the empty bin and places it under the conveyor. All of the hardware and software in this system is developed by FANUC specifically for FANUC robots, making this a one-stop solution for any production needs. To learn more, please visit http://www.fanucrobotics.com.