For an old bird in the automation industry, a senior mechanic, and an electrician, selecting a suitable "robot" may be a simple task. But for those designers or factories who are ready to purchase and import robots for the first time, there may be some confusion.

This is the well-known "Turing test" in the field of artificial intelligence. Turing predicted that computers would pass this test at the end of the 20th century. In fact, it was not until 2014 that the artificial intelligence software Eugene Gustmann passed the Turing test for the first time.

Stacking robot is a kind of industrial robot, which is widely used at present. With the decline of labor rate and the rise of labor cost, palletizing robots are used more and more. Stackers and porters are manufactured in manufacturing enterprises to replace manual post packaging operations. It can improve product quality and output, and reduce labor costs. The stacking robot has a simple and durable structure. It can work with high intensity for a long time in various environments, reduce the occurrence of industrial accidents, and integrate into various production lines. The palletizing robot has many advantages, so what are the problems it faces?

Most of the operations performed by the cooperative palletizing robot are grasping and placing operations, that is, the robot grabs materials from the conveyor belt and places them on the designated position on the pallet along the motion path. Therefore, according to the position relationship between the robot and the conveyor belt and tray when it completes stacking, and considering the obstacles in the movement process, the "door" shaped movement track is selected. It should be noted that when the robot end effector completes the stacking of cartons at different positions on the pallet, the trajectory is in the shape of a "door", and the coordinates of the trajectory end point are different only because the positions of cartons on the pallet are different.

The capability of fully automatic palletizing can be easily demonstrated. Just put the weighed raw materials on the tray orderly according to the required sorting method. It only needs to be stacked neatly, not packed, not stacked upside down, indicating that the stacker meets the requirements. Naturally, in order to achieve this, the stacker must meet the preconditions of its own work, namely, switching power supply and pneumatic valve.

The food manufacturers attending the meeting paid special attention to cooperation and robots to minimize the dependence on human capital and achieve more convenient food solutions. A packaging engineer in charge of large and medium-sized food companies said in the report that about one fifth of the company's plants in North America use cooperative robots, "mainly for loading and stacking. We are ready to invest again in areas that can replace labor.

With the development trend of scientific and technological artificial intelligence, in industry, cooperative palletizing robots will undertake more and more tasks in industrial production, leading to industrial robots competing for jobs with people. At this stage, industrial palletizing robots and people have their own advantages. The palletizing robot is warmly welcomed by companies and enterprises for its advantages of reducing cost, strict management, high production efficiency, and high security. However, there are also some shortcomings and deficiencies on the premise, such as maintainability, lack of imagination, stability of safe operation, diversity of layout, etc.

Stacking robot can reduce labor cost and enhance enterprise competitiveness. Due to the high demand and dependence on labor in manufacturing, the labor cost in manufacturing is relatively high. Public data shows that the human cost of most manufacturing enterprises accounts for about 38% of the enterprise income, so how to reduce the human cost and improve the competitiveness of enterprises is very important for many manufacturing enterprises!