Universal Robots will showcase how its latest robotics platforms are applied in real-world applications at MODEX 2022, which takes place in Atlanta, Ga. (April 28-31).
Engineers will be able to see how cobots automate palletizing and piece-picking tasks. UR, which is part of Teradyne Inc., and headquartered in Odense, Denmark, hopes to meet the demand for robotic piece-picking and palletizing processes that support a wide range of products and warehousing pain points.
Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development with Universal Robots (UR), will make a case for collaborative robots in his Piece Talk presentation, “The Labor Challenge in Manufacturing Just Won’t Go Away” on March 28 at 11:00am ET at partner RightHand Robotics’ booth #B8622.
Pick & Place
UR’s cobot applications will be on display at several booths, including the RightHand Robotics’ booth. UR’s UR5e cobot powers the RightPick 3 robot system, that offers system integrators and warehouse operators an item-handling solution for use with AutoStore, ASRS systems and other standard material handling automation.
According to UR, both the hardware platform and the RightPick AI software stack have been re-architected for easier configuration of sources and destinations and workflows, greater performance exceeding 1,200 units per hour in controlled tests, process reliability better than 99.5%, safety and compliance.
Mixed-Case Depalletizing
UR’s own booth (#B2805) will showcase how UR cobots can handle palletizing—considered one of the most ergonomically unfriendly and labor demanding tasks. In one application developed by Mujin, a UR10e cobot will efficiently handle mixed-case depalletizing. “UR brings flexibility, ease-of-use and ready-to-deploy tools, making it simple for manufacturers to automate nearly any repetitive task,” said Josh Cloer, director of sales at Mujin (Booth #B7255).
Mujin’s advanced 3D vision and real-time motion planning technologies can automate difficult applications, such as mixed-case handling, sorting and order filling. The company’s website boasts case histories of more than 1,000 cases/hour for single-SKU depalletizing and 600 cases/hour for mixed-SKU depalletizing.
For palletizing applications requiring a heavier-payload cobot, the UR booth will also feature the UR16e model with a 16 kg/35.3 lbs payload, palletizing and de-palletizing in a conveyor setting, featuring UR’s built-in palletizing programming wizard in seamless integration with the FXCB gripper from Schmalz. The gripper is part of UR’s rapidly expanding UR+ ecosystem of third-party component and application kits certified to be plug-and-play with UR cobots.
Other UR Cobot Partnerships on Display
- Bin-Picking: Mech-Mind’s Machine Learning software/hardware package features a UR10e cobot, which picks irregular objects with a 3D-printed venturi vacuum gripper. (Booth #C5571)
- Pick-to-Light, Pick-to-Voice: The latest RightPick system from RightHand Robotics, based on the UR10e cobot hardware platform, will be available in a live end-to-end picking demonstration with SVT Robotics. SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform enables easy integration between pick-to-light, pick-to-voice, AMRs and the RightPick system to facilitate predictable order fulfillment. (Booth #B8260)
