ABB Robotics, a leading robotics manufacturer, has expanded its application range for robot automation with the introduction of robotic bin picking. Always at the forefront of new technology, ABB will conduct demonstrations of its newest development during the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS).
ABB is expanding the application range of robot automation by demonstrating that our robots are now able to perform a random bin picking task. This is considered almost mundane work for a human, but is really quite a challenge for a robot, given the potential for collisions and the challenges associated with finding the right part to pick in a container with hundreds of parts.
Utilizing the vision guidance software of partner Braintech Inc. and the powerful IRC 5 robot controller developed by ABB, the robotic bin picking demo will be the first public demonstration of an ABB robot that can reliably locate and disseminate jumbled and randomly situated materials from bins.
There are many benefits -- faster productivity, improved quality, reduced capital and maintenance costs, all leading to increased profitability.
Packaged as part of ABB's TrueView(TM) leading edge vision guidance product line, the new robotic bin picking will be installed on a pilot basis in October and December at two original equipment manufacturers. The technology will be released to partners and customers at the start of 2009.
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