mapp Robotics makes machines faster, more flexible and more efficient
Pick and place applications withrobots open up new degrees of freedom for engineers when designing production processes. In particular, machines designed to produce small quantities down to batch size 1 and high product variance benefit from automated handling that is synchronized with the processes in microsecond precision.
Configuring, not programming
To create such applications, B&R offers a ready-made software solution for pick-and-place robots from its mapp Technology software toolbox. This allows applications to be configured intuitively by selecting ready-made function blocks. These are linked together in the editor, as with other mapp applications, allowing an executable robotics application to be created within a minutes.
In-depth robotics know-how is not required. It takes only a few clicks to set up coordination with other motion axes, track systems, B&R machine vision components or web-based mapp View HMI applications. This eliminates much of the manual programming work and development time is shortened.
Maximum freedom when designing processes
The mapp Pick-and-Place software solution offers maximum freedom when designing processes. Any number of delta robots can be used. The number of conveyor belts for the infeed and outfeed is also freely configurable. As a special highlight, the software automatically optimizes the process for maximum pick rate.
Info about B&R
B&R is an innovative automation company based in Austria with branches all around the world. B&R became an ABB Group business unit on July 6, 2017. B&R, an international innovator in industrial automation, combines cutting-edge technology with superior engineering to provide complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI, and integrated safety technologies to customers in practically every industry.
B&R is continually reinventing the future of automation engineering with Industrial IoT communication protocols such as OPC UA, POWERLINK, and openSAFETY, as well as the sophisticated Automation Studio software development environment. B&R’s innovative attitude is driven by a commitment to simplifying operations and exceeding client expectations, which maintains the company at the forefront of industrial automation.
