Re: Simple robot manufacturing application?

Do a search on ebay for robot then have it sort by highest price and you should be able to find what you need for around $1,500.00 Robert

> First, I know zippo about manufacturing (I'm a civil engineer and land > surveyor) so please excuse me if I ask any particularly dumb questions. > > I'm looking at the possibility of setting up a robot to perform a simple > pick-and-place / sorting operation. It will need to select small 1" * 1" > * 1/4" plastic or metal tiles individually from specified positions from > one tray or feed and assemble them in a specified order and orientation > on a receiver tray about 36" * 36". Repeatability and accuracy required > are not particularly high - 1-2 mm would do OK. > > It may also have to take images of the input tray with, I imagine, a > digital camera, and relay them back to the controlling computer. > > None of this is (yet, anyway) "mission-critical", nor warrants any great > expense; it's more proof-of-concept, so I'm maybe looking at tracking > down a used machine or even a "hobbyist" solution. > > > My question, basically, is: what type of machine will do this? I've > spent a little time on the Web and found two apparently suitable > configurations - the SCARA machine and the XY table, but I don't know > enough to take it much further > > Any advice, opinions, URLs welcome. > > Thanks > -- > Stuart Dawson Dawson Engineering > snipped-for-privacy@dawson-eng.demon.co.uk
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