Vision-guided pick-and-place cell
A robotic arm that finds mixed parts with a camera and sorts them.
Development stage
Stage 5 of 8: prototype.
- Problem identification
- Research
- System architecture
- Simulation
- Prototype
- Testing
- Validation
- Production
Problem
Manual sorting of small mixed parts is slow, repetitive and error-prone.
Solution
A camera and detection model locate each part; calibrated hand-eye transforms let the arm pick and place it in the right bin.
Technology
- Computer vision
- Robotic manipulation
- Inverse kinematics
Hardware
- Multi-axis arm
- USB camera
- Gripper
- Controller
Software
- Python
- OpenCV
- Detection model
- Kinematics solver
Target outcomes
- Reliable detection of the part set
- Consistent picks across the working area
- A reusable cell for training and demonstrations
Team and media
Developed by the VEL Robotics R&D team.
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