Hi everone,
I am currently developing a simulation of a production line in Visual Components v4.8, where the CAD model has been successfully imported and programmed using Links from the Modelling tab. The production line consists of gripper, conveyor belt, stamping unit and color sensor.
The gripper moves horizontally and vertically and the fingers open/close when triggered. The issue I am encountering is with the gripper’s interaction with the drops generated by the Component Creator. While all movements are correctly implemented, the gripper does not successfully grasp or move the drops to the next position. This seems to be due to Visual Components v4.8 lacking native friction or contact dynamics between the gripper fingers and the drops.
Does anyone have an idea how can i solve it?
Thanks
How did you model the gripper? Even with the correct movement the gripper does not automatically grab the products. You need to tell the software to move products from one component container from another (for example from conveyor to robot gripper) or the products need to have physics entities.
The recommended way is to do it with component container movement. Please see the tutorials below:
I’ve already watched the videos you shared, they were helpful. However, in my case, the gripper is a custom 3D model that I designed in Autodesk Inventor and imported into Visual Components as a .stp file.
Unfortunately, the part of the video demonstrating the Grasp and Release options in the Program menu doesn’t apply to imported CAD models. These options only seem to be available for grippers that come from the Visual Components library.
Do you have any suggestions on how to enable or replicate that functionality for a custom-imported gripper, or how to make it appear in the program menu?
Hi,
I don’t really understand where you’re coming from with the “not applicable” conclusion, the instruction Lefa posted itself is already about how to create mechanisms for custom hand claw tools and create I/O signals to control their movement.
But wait, you mean you are customizing a robotic arm? Well, then you should use Action Script for your robotic arm (provided your robotic arm setup is up to spec)