Smart camera for Robotic Vision Guidance Platform

Multi-system networking with the Neon smart camera. (Bild: Adlink Technology Inc.)

Image 2 | Multi-system networking with the Neon smart camera. (Bild: Adlink Technology Inc.)

Problem

A large automotive parts supplier wanted to use a robotic arm to derack automotive body panels and place them onto a vehicle in the body-in-white part of the vehicle assembly process. With multiple suppliers and different generations of part racks, de-racking was a difficult process to automate until Recognition Robotics applied their vision algorithms to the robotic vision guidance problem. Prior to the implementation of vision guidance, part locations could float around between different racks with enough variation that it made it impossible for a robot to acquire parts from the racks in a repeatable fashion. With industrial floor space at a premium, the automotive customer required a system with the key characteristics of a smaller footprint, lower cost and simpler to setup and operate.

Solution

Recognition Robotics partnered with Adlink to leverage the Neon-1020 smart camera as the core of a new generation of Robeye. As a result of this partnership, the Robeye All-In-One (Raio) product was born. The smart camera provided all of the functionality necessary to meet the hardware design goals of the Raio product team. The camera has an Intel Atom Quad-Core Processor E3845 1.91GHz, a FPGA co-processor, Windows or Linux OS and weights less than 2kg. This architecture reduced the footprint of the Robeye product. The resulting camera package is ruggedized, IP67 sealed and proven to operate in the rigors necessary for end-of-arm tooling on an industrial robot. The Recognition Robotics software is Windows compatible and runs on-board the Neon-1020, thus eliminating the need for an external industrial computer to run the application. The entire solution can be mounted directly onto the robotic arm for robot guidance. Because the Raio unit is a completely self-contained visual recognition and guidance system, it’s easy to remotely interface the camera system and the robot controller for object teaching, configuration and execution. This capability now allows for remote programming and monitoring of multiple Raio work cells across the manufacturing floor network.

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