Tool changing device for industrial robot - has light source and camera within robot arm coupled to optical sensor system within tool coupling to allow visual examination

摘要

The tool changing device is used to attach different tools to the robot arm (1) each of which has a respective optical sensor system. The coupling (2) at the end of the robot arm includes a camera (5) and a light source (5) for visual examination of the workpiece via the functional elements of the optical sensor system of each tool. Pref. the latter functional elements include direct image transmission optical elements (13) in the tool coupling (6), for transmitting an optical image of the handling elements (8) of the tool to the camera. ADVANTAGE - Flexible application with comparative simplicity.