Cable Assem­bly and Handling

Grip­ping, guid­ing and insert­ing flex­i­ble and dimen­sion­ally unsta­ble mate­ri­als with robots

Vari­ances, i.e. devi­at­ing posi­tions of com­po­nents or chang­ing prod­ucts on the lines, make it dif­fi­cult to auto­mate the pro­duc­tion steps. There­fore, cable assem­bly with con­ven­tional automa­tion was not pos­si­ble until now. With the ArtiMinds RPS soft­ware, robots can now robustly and pre­cisely grip, guide and insert flex­i­ble work­pieces such as cables or tubes.
Forces and devi­a­tions can be ana­lyzed with ArtiMinds LAR in order to opti­mally adapt move­ments and join­ing processes to the work­piece and given frame con­di­tions and thus opti­mize production.

Auto­mated han­dling, manip­u­la­tion, and assem­bly of flex­i­ble work­pieces such as cables, tubes, or fabrics/fabric cover pose sev­eral chal­lenges in pro­duc­tion. Tra­di­tional robot processes often lack the dex­ter­ity to han­dle these sen­si­tive mate­ri­als. Local­iza­tion of the posi­tion and iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of the shape of parts are a major chal­lenge in clas­sic robot pro­gram­ming. The pli­a­bil­ity and form insta­bil­ity of the mate­r­ial results ins con­stantly chang­ing dynamic of the part tol­er­ances, shape, and local­iza­tion through­out the entire assem­bly process. But robot-based cable assem­bly can now be pro­grammed and imple­mented with ArtiMinds RPS.

ArtiMinds Robotics – assembling flexible cables, plugs & tubes

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Appli­ca­tion Exam­ple: Rib­bon Cable Assembly

Flat rib­bon cables are used for sig­nal trans­mis­sion in mod­ules in elec­tron­ics man­u­fac­tur­ing as they save space, time and thus money. How­ever, han­dling the dimen­sion­ally unsta­ble and sen­si­tive cables is dif­fi­cult due to their low stiff­ness and requires a great deal of dex­ter­ity. By means of force-torque con­trol, new areas of appli­ca­tion can be opened up for indus­trial robots that can­not be imple­mented with real­is­tic effort using con­ven­tional programming.
The “Spike Search” func­tion tem­plate of ArtiMinds RPS auto­mat­i­cally com­pen­sates for tol­er­ances dur­ing the inser­tion process. That is, in order to find the cor­rect inser­tion posi­tion, the robot per­forms a force-con­trolled search move­ment and attempts to insert the cable into the socket. As soon as a defined inser­tion depth is reg­is­tered by the force-torque sen­sor, the robot knows that it has found the socket and robustly inserts the flex­i­ble com­po­nent at this posi­tion. A ten­sile test then ensures that the cable is cor­rectly seated.

Which mod­ules were used to pro­gram this application?

>> ArtiMinds RPS Basic Mod­ule |more

>> ArtiMinds RPS +Force Mod­ule |more

ArtiMinds Robotics - automating the plugging of cables with ArtiMinds RPS with robots

Fur­ther appli­ca­tion examples:

  • Plug­ging and unplug­ging cables and tubes
  • Cov­er­ing of car seats
  • Assem­bling cable harnesses
  • Wiring of switch cabinets
  • Grip­ping and plac­ing cables in cable trays
  • Crimp­ing

You want more? We sup­port you in the robot-based automa­tion of your cable assembly

You want more? We sup­port you in the robot-based automa­tion of your cable assembly

You want to inte­grate new and flex­i­ble automa­tion processes into your work­flows and need e.g. sup­port in the automa­tion of cable assem­bly processes? Our Automa­tion Engi­neer­ing team of engi­neers and robotics experts will be happy to advise you and take over tasks such as the pro­to­typ­ing.

ArtiMinds is a leader in the devel­op­ment of inno­v­a­tive and sophis­ti­cated robot automa­tion solu­tions, whether as a par­tial or over­all con­cept. Our experts will be happy to pro­vide you with advice and sup­port from con­cep­tual design to implementation.
Get in touch – our spe­cial­ists will pro­vide you with com­pre­hen­sive advice and develop an ini­tial con­cept or carry out a fea­si­bil­ity study in close coop­er­a­tion with you.

Indus­trial exam­ples – short videos of real cus­tomer applications

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The tem­plate library of ArtiMinds RPS with over 60 tem­plates cov­ers all con­ceiv­able move­ments, processes and oper­a­tions. Thanks to the intel­li­gent algo­rithms, force-con­trolled appli­ca­tions, for exam­ple, can be pro­grammed with­out any prob­lems.  Talk to our robotics experts about your automa­tion project, we are happy to sup­port you!

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High­lights of ArtiMinds RPS for elec­tron­ics assembly:

  • Easy inte­gra­tion of force-torque sen­sors and grippers
  • Force-con­trolled presice join­ing and mat­ing of flex­i­ble mate­ri­als such as cables
  • Auto­matic com­pen­sa­tion of vari­ances and shape instability

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ArtiMinds Robotics - Force-controlled assembly and handling of cables

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