VISION-GUIDED TRIPOD MATERIAL TRANSPORT-SYSTEM FOR THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY

Authors
TONSHOFF HK SOEHNER C ISENSEE G
Citation
Hk. Tonshoff et al., VISION-GUIDED TRIPOD MATERIAL TRANSPORT-SYSTEM FOR THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY, Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing, 13(1), 1997, pp. 1-7
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering","Robotics & Automatic Control","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Engineering, Manufacturing
Journal title
Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing → ACNP
ISSN journal
07365845
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-5845(1997)13:1<1:VTMTFT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new lightweight parallel kinematic serves as the basis for a materia l transport system designated for the automated supply of packaging ma chines with the necessary paper and foil material. The manipulator, a modified Stewart platform, resembles an overhead tripod and is equippe d with an air compressor and a PC-based control with a multitasking re al-time operating system. It travels on a gantry railway, using on-boa rd visual sensors for the location of the bobbins with packaging mater ial that are to be transported. The intelligent sensors enable the man ipulator to locate the proper bobbin in the quasi-disordered arrangeme nt, depalletize it and transfer it to the requesting machine. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.