24-month Festo Didactic warranty → www.festo-didactic.com 72 73 Learning factory kit > Single workpiece flow > MPS 400 Stations MPS 400 Mobile Robotics Flexible material flow through autonomous mobile robot Mobile robots in production Small batch sizes increase the competitiveness of production lines. At least this was the theory. Because even with individually trackable workpieces, production lines remain rigid and fail to build on the competitive advantages of flexible production. Only flexible material flows with adaptable work schedules and flexible capacity control can leverage this potential. To enable production in production islands, it must be possible to redirect material flows flexibly without production sequences and their throughput times becoming unreliable. To meet this challenge, a deep understanding of mobile robotics is a prerequisite. The strengths and weaknesses of driverless transport systems (DTS) versus autonomous mobile robot systems (AMR), for example: While established DTS score in robustness and throughput, AMR are masters of dynamic route planning and can thus be used more flexibly. Whether working side by side or planning – for successful production according to the Industrial Internet of Things, it is important to internalize the modes of operation and limitations of mobile robot systems. Robotino Robotino 4 conveys topics such as mechatronics, programming, sensor technology, motor and drive technology, control technology and image processing in a simple and straightforward manner. → Pages 150 – 155 Electric gripper package Accessories kit for installing and commissioning an electric gripper system. The system can be installed on the Robotino as of generation 3. It contains all the hardware components and sample programs for Robotino required for operation between current MPS stations. → Page 156 MPS Handshake Kit for Robotino Integration The combination of optical transmitters and receivers at MPS stations enables 1-bit communication with the Robotino. The Handshake Kit is mounted directly under existing conveyors and replaces the usual communication between current MPS stations. The counterpart to this communication interface is included in the Robotino 4 gripper package. → Page 156 Learning factory kit > Single workpiece flow > MPS 400 Stations Recommended learning material Courseware Complete overview → Page 270 For example: eLearning courses – Introduction to Industry 4.0 – PLC Programming eTheory courses – Introduction to Robotics – CIROS – First steps eLab courses – Autonomous Mobile Robotics with Robotino 4 – CIROS – Basics of 3D Simulation Evaluations – Basics of Robotics User Guides – CIROS – Installation Instructions MPS 400 mobile robotics 120 V 8159799 MPS 400 mobile robotics 230 V 8159801 Essential components: Robotino 8101344 Electric Gripper kit 8127981 MPS Handshake Kit for Robotino Integration 8124921 Recommended accessories for more than two production cells: 1x MPS Handshake Kit for Robotino Integration 8124921 Use in the MPS With the mobile robotics platform Robotino, we provide you with the appropriate building blocks to flexibly expand the MPS learning fields with the topic of mobile robotics. With the electric gripper package, the transport of workpieces between the stations of the MPS 400 series can be realized on three levels: Level 1 With our prepared sensor kit, Robotino inserts itself between two stations in a sensor-based way and transports workpieces, without the need for any further communication. Level 2 By communicating via OPC UA, Robotino can supply several stations with workpieces, starting from the sender station. Level 3 Fully integrated into MES4 V3, Robotino is ready for flexible transport scenarios and can move workpieces back and forth between any number of stations. For each level, we give a suggested solution. For the vast majority of behavioral routines and procedures, however, there are alternative solutions that you can replace, modify, or reprogram accordingly in the training.
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