Vision guided AL5 sorting robot

Lynxmotion Robot Arms
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Hey guise,

one of my interns wanted to learn some programming, so I gave him the assignment to sort candy’s with a robot.
The ‘tricky’ part was to write a XYZ system in javascript and interface everything with our vision software.

Different colors of candy are recognized in the cameraimage.
The calibrated coordinates of the candy are mathed to a robot movement, robot picks it up and puts it down in three different positions for different colours.

This is why I like the Lynxmotion robots, it’s very easy to simulate ‘real life’ industrial automation. It’s fun for young programmers to see their actions have a direct effect in the world.

If anyone wants to see the script or anything, just ask.

This just for inspiration…

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Neat! Anything to do with processing information from a captured video frame is most interesting. Do you have a web page with the details of your project?

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Wow that is impressive! Nice job. Keep up the good work! 8)

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I would love to see the code for that! What software did you use for the video/image capture?

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Very impressive!! The the software did a good job of compensating for the accidental movement of the colored candy! It worked very well considering hobby servos were used and the flex associated with the arm. What vision system was used? RoboRealm?