Robotic parts sorting with machine vision

雷克特机械厂。是一家现代化的机械加工车间，并生产锚板、精密钢耗材，采用先进的钢材生产技术。随着加拿大最近对钢铁工业现代化的承诺，Rector机械厂希望通过继续发展和扩大其制造能力和自动化来保持竞争力。虽然雷克特机械工厂使用精密的自动化加工工位，但解开粗切钢锚坯是一个生产瓶颈。目前，重而粗糙的锚坯都是手工解开的，这是一个缓慢而困难的过程。由于锚板技术复杂，最具成本效益的解决方案是使用工业机器人。与索特学院的合作项目将包括使用视觉摄像机和定制软件来捕捉机器人附近托盘上纠缠的锚坯的位置。然后，视觉摄像机将把钢部件的横向和旋转偏移量传递给机器人。然后，机器人将应用这些偏移量，这将导致小心地释放每个联锁部分，不需要人工干预。这将导致整个过程的更快的吞吐量。索尔学院的机器人实验室是这个项目的理想选择。该学院有一个足够大的工业机器人，可以为这个概念验证项目举起沉重的锚。

Rector Machine Works. is a modernized machine and fabrication shop, and the manufacturer of anchor plates, precision steel consumables used in advanced technology steel production. With Canada's recent commitment to modernizing the steel industry, Rector Machine Works would like to stay competitive by continuing to develop and expand its manufacturing capacity and automation. While Rector Machine Works uses precision automated machining stations, untangling rough-cut steel anchor blanks is a production bottleneck. Currently the heavy, rough anchor blanks are untangled by hand, a slow, difficult process. Since anchor plates are technically complex, it is fitting that the most cost-effective solution is employing an industrial robot. The collaborative project with Sault College will involve using a vision camera and custom software to capture the position of the tangled anchor blanks on a pallet adjacent to the robot. The vision camera will then transfer the lateral and rotational offsets of the steel parts to the robot. The robot will then apply these offsets which will result in the careful freeing of each interlocked part, requiring no manual intervention. This will result in faster throughput of the entire process. Sault College's robot lab is ideal for this project. The college has an industrial robot large enough to lift the heavy anchor for the proof-of-concept project.