Collaborative Robot Vision System Integration

Project goal: To design, build and test a robotic quality-assurance system to streamline the sponsor’s manufacturing process. The team designed a collaborative robot vision system integration consisting of a robotic arm integrated with visual part recognition, quality assurance, data logging, and part packaging. Each part being analyzed has a barcode that is scanned and logged in the packaging history. The designed system verifies,using 3-D analysis point clouds,that part pin dimensions and spacing meet the sponsor’s design parameters. The system chooses parts from an incoming supply, inspects them for quality assurance, and places them in either a packaging carton or a disposal bin. Continuous processing is achieved by a gravity-fed chute system. Empty input containers and full output containers are pushed aside by the robot arm to make way for fresh containers. The system is ready for implementation in the sponsor’s factory.