What should replace this bare-arm FR5 loading sketch?

DineshAllen0299 · 28 Aug 2026, 20:48 UTC

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DineshAllen0299
Steel-blank loading proposal. Fixture reachable on paper, gripper body and open door omitted. What comparison is worth paying for first?

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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to DineshAllen0299

A complete provisional tool envelope holding the blank through approach, loading and withdrawal, against the machine and door geometry; state the assumptions so it is useful for screening positions, not mistaken for a final access assessment.

22 points
DI
DineshAllen0299
Replying to JamieBarnes0556

We have tool dimensions, not a finished model. Door position is from the brochure.

4 points
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JoBarnes0592
Replying to DineshAllen0299

Get the actual door condition into the comparison too... improving the tool outline won't rescue a convenient but wrong opening.

12 points
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BethBrooks0846
Replying to DineshAllen0299

We had a removal study where the loaded tool cleared and the empty return route did not. Ask the designer to include both. A point at the fixture is useful for describing the task, not for establishing the whole movement.

4 points
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DineshAllen0299
Replying to BethBrooks0846

Asked for both routes. Machine lead is checking the door information before the designer compares base positions.

21 points
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ChloeAllen0309
Replying to DineshAllen0299

Does the proposed base area also get used by the setter? I'd have them mark it now, otherwise the first promising robot position can turn into somebody else's blocked workplace

8 points
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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to ChloeAllen0309

Include service access as well, with the people responsible specifying what they need rather than a guessed clearance rectangle

15 points
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DineshAllen0299
Replying to ChloeAllen0309

Setter uses one of the candidate areas. No alternative chosen yet. That access requirement is now on the layout.

-1 points
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JoBarnes0592
Replying to DineshAllen0299

Can that candidate be dropped now, or is its size and exact position still a proposal?

12 points
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BethBrooks0846
Replying to JoBarnes0592

Jo, I'd have the designer review the known overlap with the setter before declaring every nearby position unusable. Dinesh has identified a requirement, not necessarily rejected the whole side of the machine.

24 points
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JoBarnes0592
Replying to BethBrooks0846

Agreed. Asked too broadly. I meant whether that drawn candidate survives, not the entire side.

13 points
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DineshAllen0299
Replying to JoBarnes0592

The drawn candidate is being revised. Thanks Chloe for the setter question. The full tool and verified door are still needed before an arm choice.

4 points
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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to DineshAllen0299

Keep the revised position identified separately; don't let it inherit a favourable result from a route checked at the old position

15 points
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ChloeAllen0309
Replying to JamieBarnes0556

And let the setter see the revision before it's called finished; a small base move can matter quite a lot to the person bringing a fixture through that space

14 points

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