Gripper types and components in robotic bin picking
Paper i proceeding, 2020

While automation is increasingly applied in production processes, it is still rarely used for the core picking activity in kitting and order picking. As picking activities often involves a large number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) with different characteristics, what gripper to use is a central aspect when robotics is applied. The aim of this paper is to improve the understanding of the relationship between gripper types and component characteristics in robotic applications for preparation of component kits. The aim is addressed by means of an experiment in a laboratory setting where a two-finger gripper and a vacuum-gripper are applied for grasping a variety of components in a kit preparation process. The two gripper types are studied with respect to important component characteristics for their suitability, and how the two gripper types compare from an efficiency standpoint. The paper’s findings are useful for practitioners when introducing robotic bin picking. The paper also makes an important contribution to academia in studying the effects of robot picking applications empirically, laying grounds for focused future studies within this area.

Robot grippers

Kit preparation

Order picking

Författare

Patrik Fager

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

Stefano Rossi

Università di Padova

Robin Hanson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Supply and Operations Management

Lars Medbo

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Supply and Operations Management

Omkar Salunkhe

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

Mats Johansson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Supply and Operations Management

Åsa Fasth Berglund

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

1868-4238 (ISSN) 1868-422X (eISSN)

Vol. 591 267-274
9783030579920 (ISBN)

IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2020
Novi Sad, Serbia,

FAKTA - Flexibel automation av kitting, internlogistik och montering

VINNOVA (2019-03116), 2019-11-01 -- 2022-10-31.

Ämneskategorier

Maskinteknik

Styrkeområden

Transport

Produktion

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-57993-7_31

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