Arturo Espinar

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Hello Jiang! What are the tasks of the robot? How much mm do you need to reach your workpoints? 

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Hi Vivan! I suggest you to take a look at this presentation, a professional summary about collaborative systems: https://www.robotics.org/filesDownload.cfm?dl4=3_How%20to%20Create%20the%20Right%20C...

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3. Simplifications needed!!

Hi Juan! You can use the controller's I/O ports to get the signals from the push buttons and start the right routine. If the controller doesn't have enough I/O ports ( ex. you need 20 and the contr...

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Hello Losev! As far as I know, there is no freeware OLP software on the market but some manufacturers provide free of charge software for owners of robots from their brand , for example Mitsubishi....

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3. Robot EOAT design to handle cylindrical workpieces

As I was reading Ayan's post, I got an idea: the base of EOAT is a paralell gripper combined with a pneumatic cylinder + vacuum cup. The vacuum cup is at the end of the piston rod. The pneumatic cy...

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Hi Ayan! Your welcome. Just one more advice : pay attention not to paint the reference surface of the positioner. 

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Hi Chadwick! I agree with Gábos, but your method could work too. I mean you have to probe one edge at two points to be able to calculate the rotational angle.  

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Hi Ayan! Now I understand your problem.  You can use a positioner like this one on the picture. This positioner part must be installed before changing the robot.  Just create the 4 srcewed holes, f...

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Hi Ayan! Are you in design phase or you have to change a robot on an existing cell? Anyway, every robot has positioning features like two surfaces or dowel pin holes. The robot base designer must p...

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Hi Zachary! I have experience both with welded steel and aluminium profiles.  The first step to make a decision, depends on the type of the robot. For example: a collaborative robot is "slow", ther...

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