ABB’s Super Fast Industrial Robots Impress [Videos](singularityhub.com)

21 pointsby kkleiner17 years ago10 comments

ABB’s Super Fast Industrial Robots Impress [Videos]

http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/20/abbs-super-fast-industrial-robots-impress-videos/

10 comments

sdfx17 years ago

The videos demonstrating their flex-picker are impressive as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuDvVa7mkw&feature=youtu... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg8YYuLLoM0&feature=youtu...

sprsquish17 years ago

As impressive as the actual robots are, I'm more impressed with the "dance" they created to show these off.

rauljara17 years ago

Not to bash on the technical prowess required to make these robots, but that looks like an awfully wide millimeter.

kkleiner17 years ago

its 1 millimeter between the can and the pin, not 1 millimeter between the cans

joezydeco17 years ago

Four or five years ago I saw a similar demonstration at Sensor Expo. The robots were picking loose Starburst candies off a belt moving in one direction, and arranging them into colored words on a belt moving in the other direction. Blew my mind.

raintrees17 years ago

I am surprised the cans are so stationary as the tray moves...

weaksauce17 years ago

you can see the double sided tape in the first video

Nwallins17 years ago

Darn, I thought the movements were calculated to take gravity, momentum, and friction into account, thus keeping the cans stationary. There has to be a better or more succinct term for this phenomenon -- centrifugal or centripetal force is involved, surely.

joeycfan17 years ago

'awesomeness'

gcanyon17 years ago

As the Robot Devil said, "They're VERY good hands."