Material handling based on object recognition with the help of FANUC delta-parallel industrial robot

Abstract The task was made that recognizes objects with the help of delta-parallel constructed pick & place FANUC robot, that can be found at the Mechatronics Department, Engineering Faculty, University of Debrecen. The detection of the different objects was realised by a SONY XC-56 typed industrial monochromatic camera and using the own image processing software component of the robot. To accomplish the material handling a linear drive, an electropneumatic gripper and the digital output system of the robot were used. During the project, the implementation of a material handling operation was the aim that is based on the machine vision of the robot. As a result, the robot used its vision and object recognizing ability based on iRVision environment, completed object recognition and material handling procedure with the help of a linear drive controlled by robot program code.