Robotic Cell

Basics

• A Type of Workcell utilizing Robots (Typically Robotic Arms ) as a part of it's operations
• Typically they take on the roles of Robotic Machine Tending and Robotic Materials Handling
• Allows essentially for Full Automation of many processes (Outside of Routine Maintenance / Shutdown Work , as well as any other jobs the robots cannot handle well)

Requirements

As described by This Page by the Company Robtiq Titled "5 Essential Robotic Cell Components" , the Five key components of a Robotic Cell are:

1. The Robot(s)
2. Tooling
3. Sensors
4. Safety Measures
5. Software

OSE's Choices for These

• Unofficial as of now by the way obviously, just sketching out ideas

The Robots

• Universal Axis based Cartesian Robots
• Delta X and/or a Universal Axis Based Delta Robot
• Universal Robotic Actuator based Parallel Robots (Rotary Actuator (not universal axis/ballscrew) based Delta Robots / Five Bar Parallel Robots

=Robot Materials Feeding / Basic Superstructure/Cell

• Universal Robotic Machine Handling Cell (Can be in a fixed/bolted down version, and a mobile "cart" ?)
• Universal Robotic Materials Handling Cell (Can be in a fixed/bolted down version, and a mobile "cart" ?)
• Similar to these concepts:
  • A Video by the YouTube Channel "KUKA - Robots & Automation" Titled "Flexible and Portable Robotic Machine Tending Solution"
  • A Video by the YouTube Channel "ABB Robotics" Titled "ABB’s new FlexLoader™ M - the power of modularity to machine tending"

Tooling

• Robotic Grippers

Safety Measures

• E-Stop

Software

• ROS
• Gazebo (Software)
• OSE Linux

Internal Links

• Automated Print Farm (A Similar Concept, although they tend to utilize Conveyor Belts / Gantry Robots / Delta Robots rather than robotic arms)

External Links

• A Direct Industry Page on Off The Shelf Turnkey Robotic Cells
• A Page by the Company Terra Automation on What Robotic Cells Are (And then advertising/mentioning of their products...)
• A Page by the Company Robtiq Titled "5 Essential Robotic Cell Components"