Design for 3D Printing of a Robotic Arm Tool Changer under the framework of Industry 5.0

Abstract

A significant shift from traditional lines to reconfigurable and reprogrammable robotic cells has occurred in Industry 4.0. Collaborative robots can be used for automating several tasks for improving Human-Machine Interface (HMI). The ability of a robot carrying out different tasks is proportional to the tools that it can use, thus it is crucial that robots are equipped with systems enabling efficient tool changing. Therefore, in this paper an automatic tool changer system is proposed. Based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of the design and the specifications, a 3D printed prototype was made and tested on a UR 10 Collaborative Robot.