Picking Robots at Robots.com

Repeata­bil­i­ty is essen­tial for pick­ing robots, as they need to sus­tain pre­cise and effi­cient move­ments. Pick­ing automa­tion speeds the process of pick­ing up parts to place them in dif­fer­ent loca­tions. Pick­ing robots replace man­u­al work­ers who would eas­i­ly fatigue from the rep­e­ti­tious nature of the pick­ing process.

The newest inno­va­tions in the Fanuc fam­i­ly of pick­ing robots are the M‑1iA and M‑3iA Delta Robots. Delta robots have mechan­i­cal axes that act on the robot face­plate in par­al­lel instead of in series, pro­mot­ing quick and pre­cise move­ments (with top speeds of 10 meters per sec­ond). The M‑1iA is a light­weight par­al­lel-link robot designed for high-speed pick­ing and oth­er assem­bly appli­ca­tions. It has a slim foot­print and enve­lope. The M‑3iA is struc­tured sim­i­lar­ly and can han­dle 6kg pay­loads. It also boasts the largest work enve­lope of its class. Both of these mod­els are avail­able in 4 and 6‑axis versions.

The M‑3iA robots can be used in a wide range of facil­i­ties, from auto­mo­tive to bak­ing. A food option is avail­able with this mod­el in which food-grade grease is used. It can with­stand wash­down and can work with pri­ma­ry (unpack­aged) and sec­ondary (pack­aged) food prod­ucts. Since ran­dom­ly ori­ent­ed parts can present a prob­lem to pick­ers, intel­li­gent vision sys­tems’ impor­tance is para­mount. Fanuc equips its robots with iRVi­sion Visu­al Track­ing to pick ran­dom­ly locat­ed parts and place them on conveyors.

ABB devel­oped the IRB 360 Flex­Pick­er as a sec­ond gen­er­a­tion Flex­Pick­er mod­el, tout­ed to be even more pro­duc­tive than the first. The IRB 360 is an ide­al solu­tion for pick and place appli­ca­tions, offer­ing out­stand­ing fea­tures like speed, high pay­load, accu­ra­cy, and reli­a­bil­i­ty. Three ver­sions are avail­able: the com­pact ver­sion with a small foot­print, the stan­dard ver­sion with a work­ing range of 1130 mm, and the high pay­load ver­sion that car­ries up to 3kg. 

ABB’s Pick­Mas­ter PC based soft­ware is inte­grat­ed with IRC5 or S4Cplus robot con­trol sys­tems. It offers pow­er­ful vision iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and inspec­tion along with a con­vey­or track­ing process, pro­vid­ing flex­i­bil­i­ty and suc­cess­ful pro­duc­tion. The avail­able ver­sions are Pick­Mas­ter 3 and Pick­Mas­ter 5, both using the same graph­i­cal design con­cept and soft­ware structure.

Robots​.com inte­grates indus­tri­al robots, to include pick­ing robots. To find out more on which pick­ing robot is best for you and your com­pa­ny, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.