Designing a suitable robotic arm for loading and unloading of material on lathe machine using workspace simulation software

Abstract

Normally the loading and unloading of work piece on lathe machine is done with manual interface. Our aim is to make it automatic and fast for better accuracy and improved performance. Robotic work cell simulation is a modeling-based problem solving approach developed for the design, analysis and offline programming of robotic work cell. Robotic simulation covers the visualization of how the robot moves through its environment. This project deals with designing the robotic arm which is to be used for unload and load the work piece on lathe machine. The CAD model of robotic arm is made using CATIA V5 software and its simulation performed on Workspace Simulation Software. This will increase the total productivity of machine where there is continuous operation and complete machine utilization. Use of Workspace LT software for designing the robotic components is very popular.