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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for teaching an industrial robot to pick parts includes the steps of: placing a reference part on a picking surface; providing a reference image including information about the reference part; placing a gripping tool of the industrial robot in relation to the reference part so that the gripping tool is in a grasp configuration in relation to the reference part; and storing the grasp configuration. The reference image is a 2D image from below. When the reference part is resting on a known plane a 2D image taken from below is enough for defining the position of the same.