We organized a roadshow and came to selected companies to demonstrate live bin picking – a technology with which an industrial robot accurately recognizes and picks up randomly scattered parts.

What technology was it specifically?

SANEZOO GRASP 3D Vision System is a complete system for general picking. It consists of a 3D camera system designed to be placed on a robotic arm, a vision controller and software equipment.

The system uses a pair of cameras, the so-called passive stereovision. Thanks to a combination of advanced image analysis and artificial intelligence, it can scan a wide range of objects and determine their location in space.

Based on active knowledge of object locations, knowledge of the robot’s collision model, and passive knowledge of the surroundings, the system is able to calculate a collision-free trajectory for grabbing and pulling a part out of a box, for example. Thanks to the proprietary sensing method, the system is not affected by ambient lighting or glare from parts.

The result is the possibility of guiding the robot for the defined removal of the part and placing it in a precise position in the machine. This can replace the annoying act of an operator removing parts from a box and loading them into the line.

Watch the video taken during the roadshow to see how the technology actually works.

Are you interested in more technical information about the bin picking system from SANEZOO? Everything is here.

How did the whole roadshow go?

We, as an integrator of bin picking into real operations, and Sanezoo, as a technology manufacturer, went out to companies together.

A total of 8 stops awaited us during the roadshow. We demonstrated a robot showing bin picking in practice to companies focused on automotive, energy, or the production of industrial equipment.

The whole event ran smoothly. Despite the fact that the robot faced extreme cold, it still worked 100% reliably.

How does the organizer rate the event?

Dalibor Bašista, our business manager from the Mechatronics division, was in charge of the entire roadshow. He was at the very birth of the idea, and mainly he was the one who completed the week-long event, visited all the companies and talked to all the people.

Here is Dalibor’s assessment.

“The purpose of the roadshow was to show companies technology that would help them automate production and compensate for the long-term shortage of workers. At the same time, we wanted to find potential customers, but since we had never done such an event before, we did not know what to expect from it.

Now I know that the week trip was worth it. We met with positive reactions, made contacts and got a total of 14 new inquiries, which we consider a great success.

We managed to present everything well, and the robot pedaled perfectly the whole time, even when we just hit sub-zero temperatures.

We will definitely repeat the event in the spring. It turned out to be the perfect way to introduce companies to the real benefits of automation and establish a meaningful partnership.”

And what are we planning next?

We are looking forward to the spring, when we will also introduce innovations in industrial automation to other companies.