Getting Started Tutorial: Vision-Guided Robotic Depalletizing of Cartons (Master-Control Communication)

Pallet

A platform device used to hold goods (such as cartons)

Depalletizing

A task that a robot performs to disassemble objects from a pallet as required under the vision guidance

Palletizing

A task that a robot performs to place objects at specified positions on a pallet under the vision guidance

Single-case depalletizing

Depalletize single-case cartons (with the same dimensions) from a pallet

Mixed-case depalletizing

Depalletize single-case cartons (with different dimensions) from a pallet

1

Vision Solution Design

Select the hardware model according to the project requirements, determine the mounting mode, vision processing mode, etc. (This tutorial has a corresponding vision solution, and you do not need to design it yourself.)

2

Vision system hardware setup

Install and connect hardware of the Mech-Mind Vision System.

3

Robot communication setup

Load the robot master-control program and the configuration files to the robot system and set up the communication between the vision system and the robot, thus helping the Mech-Mind Vision System obtain control over the robot.

4

Hand-eye calibration

Perform the automatic hand-eye calibration in the eye-to-hand setup, to establish the transformation relationship between the camera reference frame and the robot reference frame.

5

Carton locating

Use the case project “Single_Case_Cartons” to locate cartons and provide guidance for accurate robot picking.

6

Pick and place

Build the workflow for a Mech-Viz project to plan a collision-free robot path for picking and placing cartons.