ABB FlexPicker Robot Scares The Croissants Out Of Me
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 20 of March , 2008 at 6:19 am
The speed and precision of the ABB IRB 340 FlexPicker robotic, um, arm, is pretty wild. It’s the world’s fastest industrial robot, able to accelerate at 10gs, as the arm goes from zero to 280mph in 1 second (after which it hopefully slows down again). Able to handle payloads of up to 2kg, it’s optimized for short and fast pick-and-place cycles, requiring as little at 0.4 seconds per cycle. The system includes a camera that can detect any object that doesn’t conform to a set of standards, which makes the FlexPicker perfect for working with food. The video below shows FlexPicker systems sorting croissants, stacking sausages, and boxing muffins, realtime:
Terrifying, isn’t it?
[ ABB FlexPicker ] VIA [ Hacked Gadgets ]
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Comment by Phil
Made Thursday, 20 of March , 2008 at 2:18 pm
Wow. The speed is impressive. But I’m more impressed with the way it recognizes and places the two different kinds of muffins. Or the way it just sorta randomly picks a place to start stacking the sausages. The hardware is arguably more impressive than the software.
Comment by xamox
Made Friday, 21 of March , 2008 at 11:31 am
I’m currently a robotics engineer and have to say of all the robots I’ve used I like the ABB the best. My guess it is using vision to pick up the items. Probably 2-D since the Z-height doesn’t change. Indeed it is a creepy site.
Comment by Erik J
Made Tuesday, 1 of April , 2008 at 6:47 am
Comment by Robin Lee
Made Wednesday, 6 of May , 2009 at 11:29 pm
This is really awesome!