PreciseFlex Web Based Software Recovery Program

Video Transcript:

Michael Norman

Hi, Michael Norman, also known as Stormin Norman here with you again, Automation and Controls Engineer with Scott Equipment Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today I have Darren Jacobs with me how you doing, Darren?

Darren Jacobs

Thanks, Michael. I am doing well. I am glad to be here.

Michael Norman

So, we have a Precise Automation (PreciseFlex) Collaborative Robot in front of us. Could you explain what makes a robot collaborative?

Darren Jacobs

Absolutely. The typical industrial robots are known to have potential for injury. So, they have safety guarding correct and light curtain, there are multiple devices for prevention of injury. So, what is different about the collaborative robots is they are intended to work side by side with somebody.

Michael Norman

Okay, so if I am standing here, and I am in a work cell, and I am working right next to this robot, and I get into a pinch point, he is going to stop, correct?

Darren Jacobs

Absolutely. And that is, that is what a collaborative robot would do. It is utilizing software, and the sensing of the of the collision, and that it is stopping. And it is going into with the right software, we have what we call recovery.

Michael Norman

So how would we go into recovery mode?

Darren Jacobs

Well, Precise Automation has software in place to do that. The robot is force limited, so it is going to stop based on force. And then what is it going to do after that, that must be programmed into the robot. So, we have what is called Automated recovery. And you can see in our environment here, this is the program we are talking about here, the operator gets in the way interrupts the program that does not drop the part. This is all programmed into our web-based software under the recovery routine, you can customize this any way that you would like. Quite simple, easy to do. And in this case, you know what happens if there is a collision. So, you just insert as many commands as you need.

In this case, you can select from turning on the motor moving to a remote point, return to the program lock or remove lock on axis, it is very customizable. And so, he simply plugs that in and goes right back to work. You can see the demonstration again, it holds on to the part and does not have to start from the beginning again, it goes right back to what it was going to do. It places the part and picks up another part.

There are additional features that we have like inaccurate part placement. Right here you can see it is looking for the bearing it is not there. So, what does it do it tries to repeat to pick it up and then once it does, it would error out after a while. So that is all like I said customizable, so very friendly to work with. It works side by side with you can imagine benchtop application working next to somebody easy to program, easy to work with goes right back to work. So not like robots of the old days, I would say.

Michael Norman

So, the software has flexibility built into the recovery actions that you use to restart the robot.

Darren Jacobs

Correct, because all parts are different and different requirements for an application.

Michael Norman

Exactly, Precise Automation’s software makes recovery much easier and quicker. Thanks for coming by.

Darren Jacobs

I appreciate it.

Michael Norman

Again, Michael Norman, also known as Stormin Norman at Scott Equipment Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Feel free to give me a call or us a call about any of your collaborative robot needs.