Mechatronics Design and Robotic Simulation of Serial Manipulators to Perform Automation Tasks in the Avocado Industry

Peru is considered one of the principal agroindustrial avocado exporters worldwide. At the beginning of 2022, the volume exported was 8.3% higher than in 2021, so the design and simulation of a pick and place and palletizing cell for agro-exporting companies in the Region of La Libertad was proposed. A methodology was followed that presented a flow diagram of the design of the cell, considering the size of the avocado and the dimensions of the box-type packaging. The forward and inverse kinematics for the Scara T6 and UR10 robots were developed in Matlab according to the Denavit-Hartenberg algorithm, and 3D CAD, dynamic modeling, and trajectory calculation were performed in Solidworks using a "planner" algorithm developed in Matlab, which takes into account the start and end points, maximum speeds, and travel time of each robot. Then, in CoppeliaSim, the working environment of the cell and the robots with their respective configurations are created. Finally, the simulation of trajectories is performed, describing the expected movement, getting the time of the finished task was calculated, where the Scara T6 robot had a working time of 1.18 s and the UR10 of 2.32 s. For 2023 - 2025, its implementation is proposed in the Camposol Company located in the district of Chao - La Libertad, considering the dynamic control of the system.

@article{Paredes2023,
  title     = {Mechatronics Design and Robotic Simulation of Serial Manipulators to Perform Automation Tasks in the Avocado Industry},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {14},
  number    = {8},
  year      = {2023},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Carlos Paredes and Ricardo Palomares and Josmell Alva and José Cornejo},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140856},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140856}
}