r/machinesinaction • u/Bodzio1981 • 12d ago

The Robot with vision system

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u/tsarver618 12d ago

Are we just gonna ignore the huge spikes/talons used for picking up the item

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u/Alarming_Airport_613 12d ago

May just be vacuum pipes

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u/rzaapie 12d ago

They are spikes that are pushed into the bag and then rotated inward to grip it. Very common way to grip bags of product like that.

Not really a safety issue as this robot will need to be behind a fence to operate anyway.

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u/lost-thought-in 11d ago

It depends if people pull the key and carry it with them when entering the cage. I've had coworkers open the gate and not noticed the chain to the gate sensor broke, he was doing a tool change and only saved he's ass by turning off the robot call on the lathe before the door opened. Older story from before I worked there a different cell had the gate sensor bolted to the door not chained so the key remated when the door swing shut, then someone though the robot just errored out and pressed resume, I think it broke the maintenance guys back. The force settings was low enough it didn't push through him but those robots have the strength to do so.

Overall a robot doing this job will save a lot of backs, shoulders, wrists, and lungs as factories tend to slowly kill the people working in them.

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u/rzaapie 11d ago

Yeah people should practise LOTOTO with machines, but not everything is up to that standard. Also when a chain on any safety related device breaks the safety circuit should never be able to be completed. Shit happens though, and systems get bridged, leading to accidents like that.

Safety standards are written in blood. And while they may be cumbersome at times and slow down work, it beats not dying or injuring yourself or someone else.