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Design guide Updated: Wednesday, July 27th 2022

Designing a Custom Robot Pedestal

Contents

  • 7 Design Considerations for Collaborative Robot Pedestals
  • Mounting Screws for Vention Robot Mounting Plates

Collaborative robots are making strong inroads on manufacturing floors all across the globe. Every day at Vention, we hear about new use cases for cobots, most of which require custom equipment to adapt to their respective environments. Whether it’s part presentation fixtures, pedestals, or complete robotic cells, we have helped thousands of users customize the equipment they need to get the most out of their cobot investment.

One of the most frequent pieces of equipment included in Vention applications is a robot pedestal. Vention offers robot pedestals in three heights; 585mm, 945mm, and 1215mm. However, a custom height pedestal is required in certain use cases and can be designed in MachineBuilder.

Below is the list of our top seven design considerations when designing a custom cobot pedestal.

7 Design Considerations for Collaborative Robot Pedestals

Considerations Rationale Example
1. Should the pedestal withstand light-duty or heavy-duty applications? Use a light-duty pedestal for applications where the robot doesn’t operate at any of its limits in terms of peak acceleration, arm extension or payload. Tradeshow pedestals are the most frequent use case. Use a heavy-duty pedestal for use cases where the robot operates at its full potential and where robot stability is required. Pedestal 1.png
2. How wide should be the robot base? Design the pedestal so that the components in contact with the floor (i.e., leveling feet or caster wheels) are positioned within a calculated 18° cone, which starts from the center of mass of the entire cobot and pedestal assembly. Make sure to include the robot’s maximum payload in the calculation. Pedestal-2-optimized.png
3. Should the robot arm be mounted “flat” or at an angle? Use a flat configuration when the robot’s working area is horizontal and has to be 270° to 360 °. Position the robot at an angle to increase the robot arm’s reach in a particular direction (e.g., CNC lather unloading). Pedestal 3.png
4. Should the pedestal be mounted on leveling feet, floor anchors or caster wheels? Floor anchors are bolted to the ground, hence providing highly stable designs where robots can easily extend well beyond the base without tipping over. Use leveling feet when drilling into the ground is prohibited. Although not the most solid mounting option, they allow for easy calibration of the assembly given their adjustable height. Lastly, use caster wheels with brakes for applications where the stand needs to be moved frequently. Designs based on caster wheels are often used in conjunction with floor locating pins for proper positioning of the equipment. Pedestal-4-optimized.png
5. Should the pedestal have floor locating pins? Use floor locating pins for agile robot cell setup where the cobot is often moved from one workspace to another. Floor locating pins enable quick removal and precise re-positioning of the entire cobot pedestal, minimizing alignment error. Pedestal 5.png
6. Should the pedestal includes a pallet or tray locator? Use pallet or tray locators for palletizing operations. These enable human operators to act as end stops to precisely position various types of pallets or trays relative to the pedestal. Repeatable positioning of the pallet and tray minimizes position errors found in palletizing applications. Pedestal-6-optimized.png
7. Should the robot controller box be attached to the pedestal? Mount the controller box directly to the pedestal for easy transportation of the entire cobot. Given the weight and position of the assembly, it lowers the overall center of gravity and can provide higher stability to the pedestal. Pedestal 7.png

Mounting Screws for Vention Robot Mounting Plates

This table is only provided as a reference. Final selection of the screws appropriate for robot mounting are the responsibility of the robot installer/integrator.

Vention does not include robot-to-plate mounting screws with robot mounting plates.

Robot brand Robot model Vention mounting plate Robot-to-Plate
screw quantity
Screw specification (metric) OEM recommended torque Suggested Vention screw
ABB IRB 14050
CRB 15000
ST-RB-022-0001 4 M10-1.5 x 33 30 Nm +/- 10% -
ABB CRB 1100
IRB 1100
ST-RB-022-0002 4 M12-1.75 x 33 50 Nm +/- 10% -
Aubo i5 ST-RB-003-0001 4 M6-1.0 x 44 - -
Aubo i10 ST-RB-003-0002 4 M10-1.5 x 42 - -
Automata Eva ST-RB-024-0001 4 M6-1.0 x 16 - HW-FN-005-0016
Doosan M-Series ST-RB-017-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 19 20 Nm HW-FN-003-0018
Doosan H-Series ST-RB-017-0005 4 M8-1.25 x 39 20 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Epson G3 ST-RB-019-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 32 32 +/- 1.6 Nm HW-FN-003-0030
Epson T3 ST-RB-019-0002 4 M8-1.25 x 30 32 +/- 1.6 Nm HW-FN-003-0030
Epson T6 ST-RB-019-0003 4 M8-1.25 x 30 32 +/- 1.6 Nm HW-FN-003-0030
Epson VT6L ST-RB-019-0004 4 M8-1.25 x 39 32 +/- 1.6 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
FANUC CRX-10iA
CRX-10iA/L
ST-RB-006-0002 4 M8-1.25 x 37 If steel : 27.5 +/- 4.5 Nm
If stainless : 11.9 +/- 2.1 Nm
HW-FN-003-0035
FANUC 200iD ST-RB-006-0001 4 M10-1.5 x 26 If steel : 56 +/- 10 Nm
If stainless : 23 +/- 4 Nm
-
FANUC SR-3iA ST-RB-010-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 26 If steel : 27.5 +/- 4.5 Nm
If stainless : 11.9 +/- 2.1 Nm
HW-FN-003-0035
FANUC SR-6iA ST-RB-011-0001 4 M10-1.5 x 25 If steel : 56 +/- 10 Nm
If stainless : 23 +/- 4 Nm
-
Franka Emika Panda ST-RB-013-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 19 23 Nm HW-FN-003-0018
Kawasaki RS003N
5N
5L
ST-RB-016-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 19 29.4 Nm HW-FN-003-0018
Kawasaki RS007N
7L
ST-RB-016-0002 4 M10-1.5 x 34 57 Nm -
Kinova Gen3
Gen3Lite
ST-RB-005-0004 4 M6-1.0 x 27 - -
Kuka LBR iiwa 7 R800 ST-RB-015-0001 4 M8-1.25 x 33 - HW-FN-003-0030
Kuka LBR iiwa 14 R820 ST-RB-015-0002 4 M10-1.5 x 34 - -
Mecademic Meca500 ST-RB-007-0001 v2 4 M6-1.0 x 21 - HW-FN-005-0020
Mecademic Meca500 PS ST-RB-007-0002 4 M6-1.0 x 53 - -
Omron TM5 ST-RB-014-0001 4 M10-1.5 x 21 40 Nm -
Omron TM12/14 ST-RB-014-0002 4 M10-1.5 x 37 40 Nm -
Universal Robots UR3
180x180mm plate
ST-RB-001-0004 4 M8-1.25 x 46 6.5 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR3
225x225mm plate
ST-RB-001-0005 4 M8-1.25 x 46 6.5 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR5
180x180mm plate
ST-RB-001-0002 4 M8-1.25 x 47 10 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR5
225x225mm plate
ST-RB-001-0003 4 M8-1.25 x 47 10 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR10-CB3 ST-RB-001-0006 4 M8-1.25 x 47 10 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR10e/16e ST-RB-001-0009 4 M8-1.25 x 47 10 Nm HW-FN-003-0035
Universal Robots UR3/5/10/16 universal plate ST-RB-001-0007 4 M8-1.25 x 47 UR3: 6.5 Nm
Others: 10 Nm
HW-FN-003-0035
Yaskawa HC10 ST-RB-012-0001 v2 4 M12-1.75 x 48 84 Nm -
Yaskawa MotoMini ST-RB-012-0003 4 M5-0.5 x 26 6 Nm -
Yaskawa GP7/8 ST-RB-012-0004 4 M10-1.75 x 32 48 Nm -

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