This way, the camera knows when the vehicle and the grabber are in position to take a picture. In the application, SPSComm controls the communication between the software parts of the vehicle, gripper and camera. It networks with the vehicle’s PLC and can thus read out and pass on data. An image trigger is sent to the Ensenso 3D camera from the N45 series, triggered by the in-house software ONTEC SPSComm. There, the gripper positions itself vertically above the pallet. Pallets loaded with industrial yarn spools are picked up from the floor of a predefined storage place and transported to the creel location. The sizing scheme and the position of the coils are captured by an Ensenso 3D camera (N45 series) installed on the gripper arm. Using a specially developed gripper system, up to 1000 yarn packages per 8-hour shift are picked up and pushed onto a mandrel of the creel. For this purpose, it picks up pallets with yarn spools, transports them to the designated creel and loads it for further processing. For a customer in the textile industry, the AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) is used for the automated loading of coil creels. The autonomous transport system is suitable for floor-level lifting of Euro pallets up to container or industrial format as well as mesh pallets in various sizes with a maximum load of up to 1,200 kilograms. The solution is versatile and takes over monotonous, weighty set-up and placement tasks, for example. The “Smart Robot Assistant” uses the synergies of mobility and automation: it consists of a powerful and efficient intralogistics platform, a flexible robot arm and a robust 3D stereo camera system from the Ensenso N series by IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH. To meet the growing demands in scaling and changing production environments towards fully automated and intelligently networked production, the company ONTEC Automation GmbH from Naila in Bavaria has developed an autonomously driving robotic assistance system. Intelligent imaging techniques are playing an increasingly important role in this. More and more they are becoming an everyday helper in factories and warehouses. Through the Internet of Things (IoT), robots are becoming increasingly sensitive, autonomous, mobile and easier to operate. Robotic systems have become the driving force for automating processes. Industry 4.0 pursues the increasing optimisation of processes and workflows in favour of productivity and flexibility and thus the saving of time and costs. Guest post by IDS Corporate CommunicationsĪutonomously driving robotic assistance system for the automated placement of coil creelsĭue to the industry standard 4.0, digitalisation, automation and networking of systems and facilities are becoming the predominant topics in production and thus also in logistics.
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