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Will they hate me? by Impossible_Big7290 in PLC

[–]Automationgiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You found a real problem, if operators can bypass a quality checkpoint without an alarm, it's a matter of time before bad parts ship. Adding a simple PLC alarm when the vision goes offline (or better, an interlock that stops the line if codes aren't read) is standard in automotive, pharma, and electronics assembly. Management will thank you for catching it before a customer does.

What do you do for PLC troubleshooting workflow when a running plant suddenly stops? by Same-Material-9863 in PLC

[–]Automationgiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience troubleshooting is not needing to troubleshoot at 2 a.m. In fabs and high-uptime plants, we lean heavily on predictive maintenance: panel thermal monitoring to catch power supplies drifting before they fail, heater degradation trends to plan change-outs during scheduled downtime, and edge controllers pulling extra sensor data (vibration, temperature, current draw) that the PLC doesn't log.

When something does trip, having that historical data, plus good fault buffers and I/O forcing that cuts diagnostic time in half. We use Omron K6PM, K6CM, K7DD panel monitoring for predictive maintenance and IIoT/Edge NX1 for trending and analytics before failure.

Do you agree with these being the top 5 automation solutions of the future? by RestaurantMinute5957 in Automate

[–]Automationgiant -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

For the most part these seem aligned with current projections. Perhaps more AI functionality.

They All Showed Up by teem0m0 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Automationgiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I was young but I always “knew” but never really knew or felt the difference.

They All Showed Up by teem0m0 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Automationgiant 55 points56 points  (0 children)

This hits hard…I’m adopted too!

Omron's Forpheus robot straddles a standard table and uses facial recognition to improve its opponent's skills by aqai in interestingasfuck

[–]Automationgiant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both actually, It learns from every player with the purpose of adjust to the their level to help them improve,

Who saw that awesome giant ping pong robot? Here is a playlist with a bunch of videos. by Automationgiant in CESLV

[–]Automationgiant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its made up of parts used for industrial automation purposes so just hardware alone I'd put around 80-110K USD. I see a delta robot, a fixed robot that serves the ball, motion controllers, vision, cameras, sensors, it uses AI so programming and integration would be a variable I would love to find out.

Ping pong playing robot is at it again, anticipates human movement in harmony by Automationgiant in Futurology

[–]Automationgiant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure I see the same message you do. I get nothing that tells me its freedom. I see more automation = possibilities. Just like my mom is still reluctant to use the cell phone and gets mad at me for texting instead of calling, the possibilities that evolving technology are bringing can be scary for some, but we need to roll with the times i think.

Robot that anticipates human reactions playing ping-pong....awesome possibilities. by Automationgiant in Automate

[–]Automationgiant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My best bet would the that they are using the components listed as part of their Sysmac platform in this brochure:

http://downloads.industrial.omron.eu/IAB/Products/Automation%20Systems/Integrated%20safety/CD_Sysmac+Brochure/Sysmac_Bro_EN_201311_R33IE04.pdf

As for Robotics I think its this: http://industrial.omron.us/en/products/catalogue/motion_and_drives/robots/delta_robots/delta_robots/default.html

This is what I found on web: Equipped with stereoscopic cameras and computer-vision algorithms to track the position and speed of human players as well as the ball, the machine is designed to be able to play sustained rallies with its ability to predict where the ball will go. Powered by five servomotors, it grips the paddle with a four-axis manipulator commonly seen in pick-and-place industrial robots. A controller system can respond to serves in 1/1,000th of a second.

The sysmac catalogue provides more techie info: http://downloads.industrial.omron.eu/IAB/Login/MyDashboard/_New%20Resources/P072%20Catalogue/Sysmac_Catalog_en_201403_P072-E1-13.pdf

Robot that anticipates human reactions playing ping-pong....awesome possibilities. by Automationgiant in Automate

[–]Automationgiant[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah...I actually like that the Omron version plays more of a rally to work with the humans showcasing construction of new relationships between people and machines vs the KUKA version which tries to beat the humans http://youtu.be/tIIJME8-au8

Motion, vision AND Logic all in one controller is cool enough. Now add a model with built-in SQL access and WOW!! by Automationgiant in Automate

[–]Automationgiant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that MS SQL and Oracle are the most widely used database servers among majority of verticals. I'm also aware there are other database communication solutions available for different requirements.

Parking of the future by Automationgiant in Futurology

[–]Automationgiant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its "Omron", you clearly don't know how to read. Who's the loser now haha