Robotics Blog

For robotics, laser pro­file sen­sors, also known as laser scan­ners, open up new pos­si­bil­i­ties in fac­tory automa­tion and offer a reli­able and cost-effec­tive solu­tion for pre­cise 3D data acqui­si­tion. ArtiMinds RPS now also sup­ports the use of laser scan­ners by inte­grat­ing spe­cial­ized pre­de­fined templates.
A good appli­ca­tion exam­ple is the grip­ping and inser­tion of cables. With the ArtiMinds tem­plate library, the grip­ping point and the ori­en­ta­tion of the grip­per rel­a­tive to the cable can be car­ried out quickly and reli­ably based on a scan of the cable end, allow­ing a wide range of feed­ing tech­niques to be implemented.
We have sum­ma­rized all the impor­tant infor­ma­tion about the laser scan­ner inte­gra­tion, advan­tages and alter­na­tives in a com­pact leaflet.

With mod­ern robot sys­tems, almost all processes can be auto­mated. Ususally, robots take over sim­ple, dirty, monot­o­nous or phys­i­cally demand­ing tasks. How­ever, with the right hard­ware and, above all, soft­ware, very com­plex and demand­ing tasks, so-called “Advanced Robotics” appli­ca­tions, can also be solved. The lat­est ArtiMinds arti­cle, pub­lished in the trade jour­nal IEN Europe, reveals 3 tips for a time and cost-effi­cient imple­men­ta­tion of robot-based automa­tion processes in your man­u­fac­tur­ing and why no-code and low-code tools have become indis­pens­able in robotics.

“To unlock the power of soft­ware devel­op­ment with­out cod­ing” – That´s what no-code and low-code tools promise to do. Look­ing at robotics automa­tion, our lat­est blog post high­lights why these tools are rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing the indus­try, empow­er­ing cit­i­zen devel­op­ers, boost­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion, and accel­er­at­ing innovation.

Who are the peo­ple who are shap­ing robotics at ArtiMinds every day? The for­mat “3 Ques­tions to…” reveals more and intro­duces the faces and the team.

Today, Flo­rian Aumann is answer­ing our ques­tions. Of course, how could it be oth­er­wise: as a soft­ware devel­oper, he enjoys search­ing for and find­ing solu­tions to com­plex, tech­ni­cal prob­lems the most. And he has been doing this for six years now!
How does Flo­rian describe him­self in three words? As a cheer­ful nature, nerd and idealist.

1. What does a typ­i­cal work week look like for you?
Most of the time I deal with RPS devel­op­ment. This can be both small and larger projects for cus­tomer-spe­cific but also inter­nal requests. Of course, reg­u­lar meet­ings with cus­tomers or col­leagues are a must. Often you can also find me in the Automa­tion Engi­neer­ing depart­ment, where I help deal­ing with ques­tions and projects. On Fri­days, a suc­cess­ful week is rounded off with a tra­di­tional Thai meal together with the team!

2. What do you do to bal­ance your pro­fes­sional life?
My week­ends with my girl­friend in Coburg in Bavaria are par­tic­u­larly relax­ing. I also enjoy hik­ing and cooking.

3. What is your per­sonal motto?
We´ll get it right!

Cost pres­sures, short­age of skilled work­ers, tense sup­ply chains, aspired reshoring, or unat­trac­tive work tasks – there are plenty of rea­sons and dri­vers for automat­ing processes.
But how do you iden­tify the man­u­fac­tur­ing processes and work tasks with the great­est automa­tion poten­tial in your pro­duc­tion? What role does robot-based automa­tion play and how are you able to avoid pitfalls?
Our new whitepa­per pro­vides help­ful tips and shows you the path to automa­tion as a step-by-step guide.

Auto­mat­ica is the world’s lead­ing trade fair for Smart Automa­tion and Robotics and will be the industry’s meet­ing point from June 27 to 30.
Con­tact us to receive a free ticket to visit the exhi­bi­tion and ArtiMinds in Hall B4, Booth 204.
We are look­ing for­ward to your visit and our per­sonal exchange!

The lat­est ArtiMinds RPS ver­sion 1.21 is now avail­able for instal­la­tion. The update includes, among oth­ers, sev­eral enhance­ments and new fea­tures like the new tool “Mean­der” to cre­ate edges on a CAD sur­face, the new tem­plate “Point Inverse” for cal­cu­lat­ing the inverse pose of a point as well as a new wiz­ard that guides through the cal­i­bra­tion process for 3D mod­els and/or points (3-Point Cal­i­bra­tion Wizard).

You can find the entire change log with all changes and bug fixes in the ArtiMinds RPS directory.

The release is avail­able via down­load or online update.

Until a robotic sys­tem is fully up and run­ning in con­tin­u­ous oper­a­tion, many steps have to be per­formed dur­ing plan­ning, setup, com­mis­sion­ing and ramp-up. Those aspects are usu­ally taken into account suf­fi­ciently, how­ever, the effort of main­te­nance dur­ing run­time is most often under­es­ti­mated. Com­po­nent and machine tol­er­ances, mechan­i­cal wear, human error, gen­eral envi­ron­men­tal influ­ences, and the setup of new vari­ants can cre­ate a sig­nif­i­cant amount of work.
How you can reduce the effort dur­ing main­te­nance with ArtiMinds RPS and LAR soft­ware and at the same time increase the effi­ciency of the main­te­nance processes, we explain in our cur­rent Robotics Tip article.

Who are the peo­ple who are shap­ing robotics at ArtiMinds every day? Our new for­mat “3 Ques­tions to…” reveals more and intro­duces the faces and the team.
Let’s start with our Prod­uct Man­ager Jonas Lange­heine, who is respon­si­ble for a cus­tomer- and appli­ca­tion-cen­tric prod­uct development.
He tells us what his day-to-day work is like, what he par­tic­u­larly enjoys about his job and how he likes to spend his free time.

At all about automa­tion you will expe­ri­ence sys­tems, com­po­nents, soft­ware and engi­neer­ing for indus­trial automa­tion and indus­trial communication.
Get your free ticket and visit us at our booth B2-305

The lat­est ArtiMinds RPS ver­sion 1.20 is now avail­able for instal­la­tion. The update includes, among oth­ers, extended inte­gra­tions and func­tion­al­i­ties for UR, KUKA and FANUC as well as new builders and tem­plates to read and write the coor­di­nates of a point.

You can find the entire change log with all changes and bug fixes in the ArtiMinds RPS directory.

The release is avail­able via down­load or online update.

Accord­ing to your indi­vid­ual require­ments, our expe­ri­enced Automa­tion Engi­neer­ing team can sup­port you with con­sult­ing ser­vices in all phases of your project.
From devel­op­ing the automa­tion idea, to con­cept devel­op­ment, to pro­to­typ­i­cal imple­men­ta­tion of the robot appli­ca­tion as a fea­si­bil­ity study – our Automa­tion Engi­neer­ing team has many years of expe­ri­ence in robot-based automa­tion and sen­sor-adap­tive robotics.
Until the final trans­fer of the results to the shop floor, e.g. together with your machine builder or sys­tem inte­gra­tor, we are the right part­ner for your robot-based automa­tion project!

In coop­er­a­tion with ArtiMinds the com­pany SHL suc­cess­fully auto­mated a highly chal­leng­ing weld fin­ish­ing robot appli­ca­tion. The goal was to develop a flex­i­ble solu­tion with­out any pneu­matic spin­dles, since those are hard to mon­i­tor and cum­ber­some to maintain.
The work pieces, which vary in size and dimen­sions, con­sist of sev­eral pipes welded together. The task was to remove the excess mate­r­ial at the weld seam on the inside of the work pieces.

Pro­gram­ming such force-sen­si­tive tasks typ­i­cally requires a high level of robotics and pro­gram­ming exper­tise. How­ever, with the soft­ware solu­tions and pro­gram­ming sup­port from ArtiMinds, SHL set up, com­mis­sioned, and iden­ti­fied the opti­mal process para­me­ters in just a few days.
Learn more about the project and coop­er­a­tion in the cor­re­spond­ing appli­ca­tion video.

ArtiMinds LAR is the cen­tral solu­tion for ana­lyz­ing robot process data for holis­tic mon­i­tor­ing and opti­miza­tion of automa­tion processes.
The tool ana­lyzes live sen­sor data of the robot, such as occur­ring forces, tool paths and veloc­i­ties and auto­mat­i­cally com­bines them with process infor­ma­tion such as part ser­ial num­bers, process steps and sequence information.
Watch our lat­est video to learn how ArtiMinds LAR can sup­port you in opti­miz­ing pro­duc­tion processes and how the data is help­ful for var­i­ous stake­hold­ers in your organization.