Design and manufacture of 6-degree-of-freedom robot for non-stop object picking and dropping with intelligent image processing application

Abstract

This thesis presents the design and fabrication of a 6-degree-of-freedom robotic arm integrated with intelligent image processing to recognize packaging and artificial intelligence to identify beverage cans and their positions for pick-and-place operations into boxes moving on a conveyor belt, effectively serving applications in product sorting and packaging. The system utilizes two cameras: the first camera determines the position and orientation of the beverage cans, while the second camera identifies the type of boxes moving along the conveyor belt. Hybrid servo motors and the conveyor belt are precisely controlled to enable the robotic arm to pick up beverage cans and place them into the moving boxes accurately. The system calculates timing and adjusts conveyor speed to ensure that the robot has sufficient time to accurately pick and place cans into the corresponding boxes