{"id":5061,"date":"2022-04-13T16:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2024-10-08T02:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:46:35","slug":"pick-and-place-with-robodk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robodk.com\/blog\/pick-and-place-with-robodk\/","title":{"rendered":"Program a Pick and Place Robot with RoboDK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pick and place programming is a fundamental skill in robotics. But, how can you create this robot program quickly and easily for your industrial robot?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With RoboDK’s simple programming interface, you can create a pick and place program within only a few minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how to get started with simple pick and place programming.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Benefits Of Pick And Place With An Industrial Robot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is a simple task, possibly even the simplest robotic task there is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if your plans for your robot are more advanced, it’s worth learning how to program this basic task before you move onto more complex setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial robots are a perfect solution this application. They are more consistent than human workers, whose efficiency at the task tends to fall over long work shifts doing the same repetitive motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of industrial tasks fall under the heading of pick and place,<\/a> including stacking, sorting, packaging, and machine tending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Program Pick and Place with RoboDK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are various options for programming an industrial robot for this specific task<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These options include using the robot’s teach pendant, hand guiding, or coding with the manufacturer’s proprietary language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefit of using RoboDK is that the programming interface is extremely easy to use. You can program this motion in just a few minutes and it is compatible with hundreds of industrial robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the alternative programming options for an industrial robot offer this flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Program a Pick and Place Robot with RoboDK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Programming this task is very simple with RoboDK. The exercise introduces you to some basic concepts that are good to know about the tool’s simulation environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 9 steps for programming your first pick and place robot in RoboDK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Create Your Robot Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First, you need to create your robot program. This involves loading your robot model from our Robot Library<\/a>, adding any other simulation objects (e.g. tables, conveyors objects for picking), and adding your gripper or another end effector<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Learn to Attach and Detach Objects from the Robot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In RoboDK, both pick and place actions are centered around two “simulation events” \u2014 attach object and detach object. You should become familiar with these two events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you want the robot to pick up an object, you just move its end effector close to the object and select “attach object.” RoboDK will attach the end effector to the object closest to it. With “detach object” the robot releases any attached objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Create Your Pick Target<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To start creating your program, create a target where the robot will pick up your chosen object. You can quickly move the robot to any object in the RoboDK simulation by right-clicking on the object and choosing “Get with robot.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Set an Approach Offset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s almost always a good idea to add an approach offset when you are programming any robot motion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This avoids the robot colliding with the object<\/a> when it is moving through open space. You can program the robot to move quickly to the approach distance (using an uncontrolled Joint Move) then slowly move (with a controlled Linear Motion) to grasp the object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Program the Attach Sub-program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s often a good idea to program pick and place tasks with two separate sub-programs: the pick action and the place action. This allows you to easily duplicate the actions of the robot and keeps your robot program as manageable as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create the attach sub-program with the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n