Hi there, was hoping you could help me build my program for destacking. Not sure what expression to use so the robot knows to go down 25mm every time. Also I need the gripper to go down closed and touch the stack to know its there and then open go down more and close, it wont allow me to put the gripper in the middle of the program.

Thanks for the help, I'm not using a vision system and want to seek with gripper closed just like at the middle of the video. I'll try using some parts of the application you sent and see if it works.

Here is a video explaining the stacking and unstacking of UR:

I made a video for UR unstacking function. Check the comments below the video get details about the programming. The program can be downloaded here: https://robotiq.egnyte.com/fl/2LQfxpoVCU

UR polyscope come with unstack wizard called "Seek". This function is documented in UR software manual (14.26 Command: Seek).

With this function it is possible to find the position of the part to unstack using for example the force sensor of the robot.

You can provide force sensing to your robot using a Robotiq FT300 or Copilote software.

Program description:

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A variable named "count" give the number of parts to unstack. It is updated everytime a part is unstacked.

Before entering into the "destack node":

*The robot goes to a secure position above the unstacking area ("unstacking_entry").

*The gripper is closed to use the fingers to find the surface of the part to unstack.

*The zero of the force sensor is made to detect surface with good accuracy.

Setup of the "destack" node:

*"The next position is found when" the force detected by the force sensor is less than -10N.

*The item thickness is input. I would recommand to use a thickness a bit smaller than the real part.

*Check "Sequence after end" to add instruction to stop the program when the unstacking is completed.

The "StartPos" is place few mm above the first part to unstack. The robot will dive from this position until it find the fisrt part to unstack.

Setup "destack" node Direction:

*The condition use to stop searching for new part to unstack is when there is no part in the stack (count=0).

*FromPos and ToPos position are used to calculate the direction of the stack. Those points can be anywhere as fare as the direction between them is same as the stack.

Setup "destack" node unstacking process:

*StartPos is the pose where is located the robot when it found the part. This position is just on the surface of the first part to unstack.

*From StartPos, the robot moves out of the part, opens the gripper, goes down to have the part between its fingers, close the gripper to pick the part and move out of the stack.

*The number of part is the stack is updated.

*The part is placed on the table using UR palet wizard.

Setup "destack" "after end":

The "after end" section is executed when the unstacking is completed (count=0). In this program a Halt command is used to stop program execution.

Thank you again. All the information you have given me truly helped. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question and also for all the detail in it as well :)