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how to attach to the feeder object

xeratule
xeratule ✭
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Hi I have a conveyor feeder system which creates objects as in the "Smart Component Create Infeeder" tutorial. And a robot gripper grips the part on the conveyor when it reaches the plane sensor. Here is my problem. In the event manager I arranged the gripper attach to the closest object. In my system conveyor is closer to the gripper so it attaches to the conveyor instead of the object. As created objects are copies of each other and has different names like box_10 , box_11, box_12 ... etc I can't set the gripper to grip a specific object. What can I do to deal with this problem? Is there any option to choose some parts as "can't be attached" parts?
R&D Electronics Engineer

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  • Henrik Berlin
    Henrik Berlin ✭✭✭

    There is a property "Detectable by Sensors" that has been introduced to resolve issues like this.

     

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    You can disable the property for surrounding equipment, like the conveyor for example. I would recommend you not to mix the Event Manager with Smart Components. You can use a sensor to sense the object and then hand over the object to a Attacher using a property binding, instead of attaching the object using the event manager.

    Henrik Berlin
    ABB
  • xeratule
    xeratule ✭
    disabling detectable by sensor property doesn't work, as the event manager don't do the attachment by sensors. 

    the gripper tool of the robot is a device mechanism as you suggested me before and combining mechanism, smart component, station and system properties for a gripper tool to grip and attach an object is somehow confusing Confused

    but I hope I will get used to it as I am new to robotstudio.

    R&D Electronics Engineer
  • xeratule
    xeratule ✭
    I have finally combined them all Lamp. Actually event manager with smart component do amazing job Approve

    There is still one problem continues. When the robot takes position to release the object, it detaches from the first one. If I don't remove that object from there, and robot comes with the new object and try to release the new object to the same place, it doesn't detach from it. If I remove the previously released part there is no problem.
    R&D Electronics Engineer

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