Robots do monotonous workflows and less pleasant, repetitive tasks with brilliance. Combined with image processing, they become “seeing” and reliable supporters of humans. They’re used in quality assurance to check components, help with assembling and positioning components, detect errors and deviations in production processes, and increase the efficiency of entire production lines.

An automobile manufacturer is taking advantage of this to improve the cycle time of its press lines. Together with the automaker, VMT Vision Machine Technic Bildverarbeitungssysteme from Mannheim, Germany, developed the robot-based 3D measuring system FrameSense for the fully automatic loading and unloading of containers. Pressed parts are thus safely and precisely inserted into or removed from containers. Four Ensenso 3D cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems provide the basic data, and thus the platform for process automation.

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