Circuit Card Assembly Robot

MOTIVATION:  Increase efficiency and reduce Sypris operator injuries by automating pin placement on circuit cards using a Selective Compliance Articulate Robot Arm (SCARA).  

PROBLEM FORMULATION:  Currently Sypris Electronics is using a press with an attached pin holder tool with vacuum to manually place pins onto their circuit cards, this implementation runs into limits on worker stress, accuracy under fatigue and placement speeds that are inherent to manual labor of electronics. Our team is here to show off an implementation of an automated robot arm that can do the same task that the operator was doing prior with high accuracy and precision and at a moderate speed. Our solution utilizes a FANUC SCARA with a robot attached camera to pick and place pins from a loaded matrix tray to an empty board and automatically detect pins with vision and place them on the circuit card at the correct position and R angle.