Savonia Stage: AuToTIE – ToF Camera in Co-Operation with Robot Arm, part 2
This demonstration presents the application of Time of Flight camera technology with cobot technology already in common use in industry.
Work was carried out in ”Automaatio ja tekoäly tiedoksi” -project (AuToTIE). Funded by North Savo Regional Council.
Authors: Vasilii Fediukov, Premton Canamusa and Markku Kellomäki
Basler blaze-101 camera, Niryo NED2 robot, Python programming language.
Basler blaze-101 is a Time-of-Flight camera, meaning that the frames taken by the camera contain depth information. Height accuracy of the ToF camera is +/- 5 mm and working range 0,3 – 10 m. The camera takes a shot of workspace and detects objects within the space. Python program was developed to establish communication between ToF camera and Co-operating robot arm. Camera information about the height and position of the objects are sent to the cobot. According to the information available cobot pick up the stacked objects one by one and re-stack them to a different place in the working area.