Authors:
Adrian Schyja
1
and
Bernd Kuhlenkötter
2
Affiliations:
1
Institute for Research and Transfer, Germany
;
2
TU Dortmund University, Germany
Keyword(s):
Bin Picking, Simulation, DirectControl 3, AutomationML, SmartComponents.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Application Domains
;
Domain-Specific Tools
;
Industrial Processes
;
Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
Abstract:
Bin Picking is a very popular topic in the scope of robotic applications. For many years, R&D facilities as well as the industry work on Bin Picking solutions. However, it is challenging to bring such systems into industrial shop floors mainly due to the design and economical calculability accompanied by the acceptance of stable Bin Picking systems without any downtime. This paper presents a versatile interface-based framework for the planning, designing and in particular for the simulation of various Bin Picking applications. For that, the term ’Virtual Bin Picking’ has been introduced, which associates the simulation of Bin Picking scenarios in a virtual environment without the need for hardware components. Thus, it enables the design of Bin Picking work cells and it allows to predict the quality of such cells in an early virtual commissioning stage.