FANUC Robot Uses New Bin Picking Gripper & 3D Vision to Bin Pick Non-Ferrous Valves

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FANUC America is dedicated to the research and development of innovative products to help manufacturers achieve an easy and practical automated solution for 3D bin picking.
With this dedication in mind, FANUC America is proud to introduce the new FANUC Bin Picking Gripper and 3DA/1300 Area Sensor with high-resolution mode for greater 3D location precision. In this demonstration, a FANUC M-20iA robot equipped with the iRVision 3DA/1300 Area Sensor locates and picks randomly oriented valve parts at high speeds using FANUC’s new Bin Picking Gripper. FANUC’s 3D Area Sensors are ideal for bin picking applications, and are an easy-to-use vision tool that allow for bin picking setup through the iPendant in a matter of minutes. The FANUC 3DA/1300 Area Sensor provides 3D location of the parts in the bin, and the robot picks and places the parts on a conveyor to be transferred to a second bin.
FANUC’s new Bin Picking Gripper has a simple design, is easy to install and is extremely flexible - It has a 6kgf gripping force strong enough to securely grip parts weighing up to 2kg, and a maximum finger opening of 90mm. It can grip small to medium size parts of nearly every shape and size and in any orientation. The parts in this system are non-ferrous, so where magnetic and vacuum grippers would fail to grip these parts, FANUC’s Bin Picking Gripper can firmly grip the parts no matter the orientation. In addition, this system uses FANUC iRVision’s new Gripper Finger tool to analyze a 3D point cloud created by the 3D Area Sensor to locate areas where the gripper fingers will fit to grip a single part.
Once the bin is emptied, the robot picks the empty bin and sets it aside while the bin full of parts moves on a conveyor to the pick position beneath the 3DA/1300 Area Sensor, and the cycle repeats. FANUC America provides the most complete range of industry-leading products and technology for bin picking automation. To learn more please visit www.fanucameric....

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How long will it take to learn to pick the whole box up and use the corner like a spout to pour the parts onto the receiving tray?