My puck locator helped until the tray changed

Harriet_Chambers · 23 Aug 2026, 11:41 UTC

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Harriet_Chambers
I fitted a tray locator on our supervised UR5e puck-unloading bench. The few runs I watched looked more consistent, then a replacement tray brought another missed pickup. I was going to share the locator as a useful little improvement. Still might, but I want the report to say what happened after the tray change as plainly as it says what looked better before it.

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AnnaChen1199
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

What did you retain from the improved runs: identified trays and pucks, observations, or just the impression of steadier handling? That decides how strong a comparison you can make.

18 points
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DavidArcher0432
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

You can publish a limited improvement and an unresolved miss in the same note. Calling it useful doesn't require calling it fixed. I'd be annoyed only if the replacement-tray failure disappeared from the account.

2 points
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Harriet_Chambers
Replying to AnnaChen1199

I have the original tray identity and a short run record, but no pickup measurements. The replacement is identified too. So I can report the observed successful runs and the miss, not claim a measured improvement in accuracy.

14 points
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PavelBarnes0527
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

Did the replacement meet the same locating features? I've seen tray names stay the same while the underside changed.

13 points
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NaomiBrown0941
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

And was the replacement selected through the ordinary changeover process, or handed to the demonstrator as a special trial item?

10 points
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Harriet_Chambers
Replying to PavelBarnes0527

Ordinary changeover, not a demonstration tray. Maintenance compared the underside and locating contacts and didn't find a mismatch. We did find that the replacement arrived loaded in the opposite orientation, which I hadn't recorded at the time of the miss.

9 points
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AnnaChen1199
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

Does the job distinguish those loading orientations, or is there only one intended orientation? I'd settle that before the report treats reversing the tray as an acceptable correction.

16 points
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DavidArcher0432
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

Also don't let no locating mismatch found become locator proved correct. Your useful new fact is about presentation; it hasn't supplied the missing pickup measurements retrospectively.

20 points
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Harriet_Chambers
Replying to AnnaChen1199

Only one loading orientation is intended. The tray marking was on the side hidden once loaded, and our changeover sheet didn't show it. The owner has approved a visible orientation reference and updated that sheet, with no taught-point changes.

6 points
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NaomiBrown0941
Replying to Harriet_Chambers

Will the relief operator try the revised identification during the supervised handover, rather than only the person who already knows it?

10 points
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PavelBarnes0527
Replying to NaomiBrown0941

That would help, but a visible mark isn't evidence about every pocket. Keep the handling check distinct from recognising which way the tray goes.

13 points
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Harriet_Chambers
Replying to DavidArcher0432

The supervised handover is booked but hasn't happened. My shared note now describes the limited locator result, the replacement miss and the discovered orientation omission. It doesn't call the tray family validated. David, that was the wording I needed permission to be comfortable with, thanks.

18 points

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