Pick reflective, transparent and randomly-oriented parts straight from the bin — no fixturing, no manual sorting.
Bin picking has traditionally been one of the hardest tasks to automate reliably — parts arrive in random orientations, and reflective, transparent, or dark components regularly defeat conventional vision systems. This solution pairs ABB's high-speed PoWa cobot with Cambrian's AI-powered 3D vision system, giving the robot genuinely human-like perception: stereo cameras and a trained AI model calculate exact part positions and grasp points in a fraction of a second, without needing structured lighting or careful calibration.
Because Cambrian's vision system works reliably even with shiny, black, or clear parts — cases that stop most machine vision outright — this pairing suits applications that have previously been considered too difficult to automate. Combined with PoWa's cycle speed, typical full pick cycles run in the 2-8 second range depending on part complexity and gripper choice.
reliably picks reflective, transparent, and black components that defeat standard machine vision
works under normal ambient/artificial lighting, robust to lighting changes
grasp point calculation in well under a second, full pick cycles typically 2-8 seconds
automatically plans a safe pick path once a part is located, not just detection alone
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