ABB Flexpicker IRB 360 @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: IRB360 delta robot, hi-res vision system, conveyor, soft gripper, vacuum actuator This system demonstrates the possibility of high-speed and high-precision ingredients/products manipulation. It can be used for loading and unloading, packing, boxing operations.
STAUBLI HE robots (Humid environments) @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: Wide range of HE robots, hi-res vision system, conveyor, vacuum actuator, laser scanners Staubli produces a wide range of robots for usage in humid environments, so they are for use in high-risk food production areas. Safety can also be demonstrated by means of laser scanners and a safety-certified control system…
Soft Robotics gripper prototyping system @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: Rapid prototyping station to assemble and program soft grippers with multiple fingers configuration This system can be used to rapidly prototype soft grippers from both a mechanical and control point of view. Depending on the ingredient/product to be manipulated, the gripper can be assembled using a different number of fingers and…
ABB IRB 1200 with safe move @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: Standard 6dof robotic arm, soft gripper, pneumatic gripper, vacuum/pneumatic actuators, 3D camera, laser scanner This robot will be mainly used to demonstrate high-speed operations on food ingredients/products like ingredients loading and presentation and/or final packing/boxing. The robot will use 3D vision systems to grasp and manipulate ingredients (bin picking) and to load/present them for the following operation. Other uses of…
Single arm Yumi IRB 14050-0.5/0.5 @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: Collaborative single arm, vacuum gripper, servo actuated gripper, hi-res camera, first gripper vision The robot is currently used to demonstrate liquid/powder ingredients dosing. User can input the desired recipe and the robot selects the right containers and grasps them in the right sequence using 3D cameras and a rigid gripper. It then pours…
KUKA iiwa 14 – manipulation of ingredients @ University of Lincoln, UK Components: Wide range of HE robots, hi-res vision system, conveyor, vacuum actuator, laser scanners The KUKA iiwa is used to demonstrate human/robot collaboration in ingredients handling with a significant payload (up to 14Kg). It can be equipped with soft grippers, rigid grippers, vacuum or Bernoulli actuators. In terms of sensors, it can be…
