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Palletizer for AUBO Robots - Installation Manual 

 Ver. 1.7  

7.6.

 

(Optional) Setting up the lift 

In the “General” tab, the lift can be enabled. When 

enabled, the 

“H

eight offset

 must be adjusted, 

according to the physical setup. The height offset is the distance that the lift moves, from its lowest 
position, to its highest position. 

 

Figure 31: Setup lift 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AUBO

Page 1: ...er for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 Nordbo Robotics A S info nordbo robotics com Agerhatten 27A Entrance 4 45 81 81 98 81 5220 Odense Denmark Copyright 2020 Nordbo Robotics A S All Rights R...

Page 2: ...aking a risk assessment and testing the specific application and setup Neither Nordbo Robotics nor any of our affiliates or subsidiaries shall be held responsible for the consequences that arise from...

Page 3: ...capabilities to the AUBO robot Manipulator Robot consisting of several joints and motors capable of performing programmed movements Pallet Pattern Generator An online tool used to develop stacking pa...

Page 4: ...pecifications 8 4 Installing the robot accessories 10 4 1 Wiring the tool 11 4 2 Wiring the photoelectric sensors 12 4 3 Optional Wiring the lift 15 5 Software and Firmware Update 16 5 1 Update Proces...

Page 5: ...lear understanding of the risks related to working with robots It is therefore required that the person executing this guide s instructions have made a risk assessment of the application in which the...

Page 6: ...O robot can be found in the manuals provided by your supplier when purchasing the robot Alternatively the manuals can be found at www nordbo robotics com downloads 2 2 Pallet Pattern Generator Pallet...

Page 7: ...is used to read files generated by the online pattern generator Using these files the AUBO robot can pick objects from a conveyor and place these in a user specified pattern The use of the AUBO exten...

Page 8: ...3 1 Robot orientation The rotation of joint 1 to joint 6 of the AUBO robot is from 175 to 175 This limited rotation must be taken into consideration when installing the robot If mounting the robot bas...

Page 9: ...palletizer set up on site to perform CE branding risk assessment and to identify and correct safety issues EXAMPLE DIMENSIONS Pallet size AUBO i5 AUBO i10 Max pallet length G 600 mm 1200 mm Max palle...

Page 10: ...9 of 36 Palletizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 Figure 5 AUBO Palletizer dimensions top view Figure 6 AUBO Palletizer dimensions back view...

Page 11: ...7 4 Installing the robot accessories Use the following instructions to connect grippers and sensors to the AUBO robot The inputs and outputs can be found in the lower right corner of the cabinet and a...

Page 12: ...ch on a gripper OBS Locate the correct wiring of your vacuum switch in the manual supplied with the switch Inputs DI_00 Vacuum switch high signal vacuum gripper has an object vacuum is present Outputs...

Page 13: ...photoelectric sensors One photoelectric sensor is placed on each corner of the palletizer base to detect pallets One additional photoelectric sensor is placed on the conveyor to detect when a package...

Page 14: ...lletizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 Case 1 Single Conveyor Figure 10 Sensor placement if using a single conveyor setup Case 2 Double Conveyor Figure 11 Sensor placement if double conv...

Page 15: ..._02 Photoelectric pallet sensor 2 low signal Pallet2 placed correctly DI_03 Photoelectric sensor at pickup position for line 1 stacking on pallet 1 low signal product ready for pickup DI_04 Photoelect...

Page 16: ...t must therefor use sensors for detecting when the lift is raised lowered The following I O must be wired to use a lift Outputs DO_04 Signal to move the lift upwards high signal move lift up DO_05 Sig...

Page 17: ...ansfer the update files to a USB and insert the USB containing the files into the robot control box Figure 12 AUBO Settings Interface 1 Go to the Settings tab located in the top menu as illustrated in...

Page 18: ...following section describes the installation process of the AUBO extension The software is located on the USB provided by Nordbo Robotics Note If you have received the files without a USB flash drive...

Page 19: ...or AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 2 Activate the emergency stop on the teach pendant A pop up window will appear as illustrated in figure 14 Click OK to close the window Figure 14 AUBO Interf...

Page 20: ...etizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 3 After closing the window the desktop will be visible Click the Files icon on the desktop and navigate to the USB directory Figure 15 AUBO Teach pen...

Page 21: ...Palletizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 4 In the USB directory double click on the deb file wait for Ubuntu Software centre to load the install package Figure 16 AUBO post installation...

Page 22: ...Install in the right side of the screen Figure 17 Ubuntu Software Center 6 A popup will appear warning that The package is of bad quality This is because AUBO does not follow the standard Linux direc...

Page 23: ...Software Center will inform you when the installation is complete Figure 19 Installation complete 8 Reboot the AUBO robot The installation is now completed and the palletizer extension can be accessed...

Page 24: ...23 of 36 Palletizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 Figure 20 AUBO Palletizing Extension...

Page 25: ...ngs The login tab enables Administrator mode giving access to edit the specifications within the setup tab see figure 21 Settings relating to the physical setup of the palletizing station deletion of...

Page 26: ...Palletizer for AUBO Robots Installation Manual Ver 1 7 7 2 Setting up the tool The following instructions are used when performing the first time setup or changing the tool Figure 22 AUBO Extension S...

Page 27: ...uld be able to pick up boxes with 0 rotation in your stacking pattern Figure 23 AUBO Extension Setup tab Weight Weight of the gripper in kg Height The height of the gripper measured from the robot fla...

Page 28: ...es or stacking different products using the same robot 7 3 Setting up the pallet The following instructions are used when performing the first time setup There are 4 different calibration methods Meth...

Page 29: ...orners as depicted on figure 25 by moving the center of the robot flange to each corner and clicking the teach button for that corner Alternatively the 3 dimensional vectors from the robot base to the...

Page 30: ...orners as depicted on figure 26 by moving the center of the robot flange to each corner and clicking the teach button for that corner Alternatively the 3 dimensional vectors from the robot base to the...

Page 31: ...the X axis and a point in the positive quadrant of the XY plane Teach the 3 points as depicted on figure 27 by moving the center of the robot flange to each corner and clicking the teach button for th...

Page 32: ...e rotation compared to the default setup where the robot power cable is pointing towards pallet 1 in a 90 degree angle X offset The distance between the pallet s short side and the center of the robot...

Page 33: ...ng section describes how to use the tool I O to control the gripper 1 Go to the login tab and log in to activate administrator mode 2 Go to the Extensions tab and choose Palletizing in the left menu 3...

Page 34: ...see figure 31 2 Under Pin 1 2 Configuration menu set the following value a Power Choose voltage needed by your gripper 3 In the Pin 5 7 3 4 Configuration menu set the values according to defined Tool...

Page 35: ...onal Setting up the lift In the General tab the lift can be enabled When enabled the Height offset must be adjusted according to the physical setup The height offset is the distance that the lift move...

Page 36: ...t must be licensed This is done by going to the License tab of the palletizing extension see figure 32 where the purchased license key is used to activate the license For a step by step how to guide o...

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