23.07.2010

Automation Technology Opens up Bin Picking Solutions

It was the year 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It should take years, however, before his dream turned into reality. Also in industrial automation there are some dreams still waiting to become true. One of them, offering great potential for efficiency increase in production and material handling in many industries, is to find a general solution for automated "Bin Picking." more23.06.2010

Grab the Future

Isra Vision offers a highly flexible and cost effective solution for bin picking with its new Shapescan 3D sensor. Random parts can be taken directly from the transport container by the robot and - without complex mechanical equipment - be entered into the manufacturing process. more19.01.2010

Modular, Efficient, Versatile

Part unloading or robot-aided depalletizing are sought-after industrial applications for automating production processes, increasing capacity and cutting costs. When the parts to be handled are unknown and the position within the container is random, the machine vision system is required to identify these parts and to localize the part position in 3D.

Unloading parts from containers, e.g. before assembling processes, is a simple exercise for humans. It is more difficult, when a robot has to undertake this task. more21.10.2009

Universal Robotics and Motoman Partner to Set New Benchmark for 3D Vision Systems

Universal Robotics, Inc. and Motoman, Inc. announced a partnership to develop and market an accurate, cost effective and easy-to-implement 3D vision system solution for a variety of robotic applications. The companies will integrate Universal's Spatial Vision self-calibrating 3D vision software in Motoman's industrial robots. The Spatial Vision-enabled robots will be initially launched in the materials handling market in early 2010. more