Intelligent feeding system combines robot, vision, and flexible feeder into one software environment

摘要

When working with flexible feeders, vision systems, and robots in a single application, one issue that many systems integrators and end users alike often struggle with is interfacing the three separate technologies. This is according to Epson Robots (Carson, CA, USA; www.epson.com/robots), a company that builds robots primarily for assembly applications and is often tasked with developing robotic systems involving parts for assembly that need to be fed. Over the past five years or so, the company has seen an increase in the number of customers reaching out with problems dealing with the interfacing of flexible feeders, machine vision, and robots.