학술논문

Robotic automated battery sorting system
Document Type
Conference
Source
2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on. :117-120 Apr, 2012
Subject
Robotics and Control Systems
Computing and Processing
Batteries
Sorting
Battery charge measurement
Service robots
Testing
Grippers
battery sorting
robotic automation
gripper design
Language
ISSN
2325-0526
2325-0534
Abstract
This paper presents a robotic automated battery sorting system. Robotic battery sorting algorithm is developed, implemented and tested. A battery measurement device is integrated with an ABB IRB120 robot to conduct the battery sorting test; a pneumatic driven probe station is connected to a measurement device and controlled by the robot controller to coordinate the battery picking-measuring-placing process. A unique double-picker gripper is designed to improve the process efficiency. Program logic is developed and coded in a robot motion program language RAPID. A demo system is built and presented in a major industry show. The robotic sorting system automates the battery sorting process and eliminates human operation error, therefore, reduces the labor cost and improves the productivity.