Pick and Place Robot

The pick-and-place robot is a fundamental piece of equipment in numerous manufacturing facilities. Common industries that initially uses pick-and-place robot are the following:

• Food and Beverages
• Packaging
• Pharmaceuticals
• Contract Manufacturing
• Automotive and Electronics
• Retail
• Plastics
• Research
• Delivery 

On the other hand, below are a few of the most common applications that utilize pick and place robots and describing how they are used:

• Assembling. Pick and place robot is used in gathering all incoming multiple components from one location and assembling them on another piece of the item or components. 
• Packaging.  As a packaging advantage, the pick-and-place robot grabs the items and places them into packaging containers or boxes at a higher speed. 
• Bin Picking. For bin-picking applications, pick and place robots potentially work on picking up a certain item from a bin and sending them to another location whether assembly or packaging. Furthermore, it is equipped with a high vision system, allowing them to identify shapes, sizes, and colors while picking the right item, especially from a bin that contains random mixed items. 
• Inspections. A pick-and-place robot is configured with an advanced vision system, capable of recognizing defective products. It automatically removes the defective item from the production line and sets them in a designated location before they could reach the final stages of production.

There are numerous varieties of pick and place robots, including:

• Cartesian robots
• Robotic arm
• Fast pick robots
• Delta robots
• Collaborative robots

Alfarobot Pick and Place robots have various advantages.

Some of these benefits include:

• Productivity

A pick-and-place robot is more productive than a human counterpart due to its faster operation speed.

• Uninterrupted Production

Human workers require breaks, which might cause disruptions in the production line.

• Consistency

A pick-and-place robot will work on accurate mathematical principles, therefore there will be no errors and the end result will be a consistent operation.

• Protection

Robots pose no such risk, resulting in increased worker safety.

• ROI (Return on Investment)

The pick-and-place robots allow businesses to reduce operating costs by making a minimal initial investment. There are no salaries or benefits to be paid.

• Throughput

Pick-and-place robots have a better throughput since they can move numerous things in a short period of time.

When deciding a pick-and-place robot for the factory’s operation needs. It is necessary to consider the following factors, including:

• The number of axes and degree of freedom determine how freely a pick-and-place robot can move in different directions. More axes number indicate greater flexibility. 
• Reach refers to the entire working envelope that a pick-and-place robot can reach. It involves evaluating the robot’s motion range that determines the maximum vertical and horizontal distances. 
• Speed is when a pluck and place robot can work. It greatly affects the productivity and efficiency of the entire manufacturing operations. 
• Payload refers to the maximum weight transferred from one point to another, including the weight of its tooling.
• Repeatability describes the potential of a pick-and-place robot in picking and dropping workpieces precisely at the exact position within each sequence it completes. 

• Commonly uses delta robots or collaborative robots. 
• Easy-programmable systems
• Total throughput can reach up to more than 200 products per minute
• Vision system configuration is reliable in identifying more than 100 products on a moving conveyor per second
• Superior picking accuracy and tool compensation 
• Attain production speed and output consistency