Robot Tool Design

During designing the robot’s tools (namely, end effectors), meet the following requirements as much as possible:

1. The structure of the robot tool should adapt to all objects, especially for the sorting applications with a large number of stock keeping units (SKUs). The symmetry and offset of the robot tool should be considered.

2. The robot tool should have sufficient suction force, or grasping force and can grasp all objects stably;

3. The robot tool of the suction cup can be equipped with vacuum detection sensor according to features of objects to grasp, such as cartons. The sensor is used to determine whether the carton is grasped. It is recommended to add the buffer structure to the robot tool, which protect the robots and objects.

4. Wires should not be hanged and ripped off during the robot motion.

5. When a singularity occurs in the robot’s working position, try to design an robot tool with the offset function to increase the robot’s tolerance of the singularity. Meanwhile, try to choose 45°, 30° and other common angles for offsetting.

6. The working space of the robot should be considered during robot tool design. The robot tool should not be too long or too short.

7. The 3D model of the robot tool should be kept during robot tool design. It can be used for subsequent debugging or other purposes.

Tip

The 3D model of the robot tool will be used for collision detection in Mech-Viz.