The decision to support education was reflected in the construction of an automated line with KUKA industrial robots, which after being retired were given a second chance and “work” at the PVC Secondary School in Dobruška.

Moving objects with compressed air is very common in industry. The sensors used to distinguish the size and presence of the hockey puck give the solution multiple options, thanks to which we can influence the course of the program.

The application is based on image processing and the recognition of individual color pixels. Add to this the appropriate setting of parameters such as a tool (drill) diameter, gap size and image size and you have a tool for drilling any shape.

Our first attempt to connect Visual Basic with the KUKA industrial robot. The application consists of programming in a .NET environment that generates a drawn trajectory for the robot. The robot can position the TCP (Tool Center Point) towards precise positions after performing basic settings such as assigning Cartesian coordinates to the tool and base. If the robot uses a descriptor as TCP, a separate system rendering the image is created.