Diseño y construcción de robot cartesiano para la clasificación de documentos en función de un código de barras

Abstract

Abstract .- The technological development of automatic systems has allowed the optimization of processes, in which human, material and time resources are used more efficiently. This has resulted in the constant search for new automated systems centered in performing repetitive activities, where the use of human resources represents a waste of intellectual resources that can be used in areas where the machines have not yet been able to replace people. Such search of automated systems goes from the development of computational tools to the construction of autonomous robots and mechanical systems. This paper seeks to solve part of the problem of waste of intellectual resources in repetitive activities by designing and building a prototype of Cartesian robot for classification of documents based on a barcode. This prototype performs the classification of documents by discriminating the information of the barcode of each document, and then store it in a specific location in an array of lockers. To fulfill this purpose, the mobile structure of the robot lays on a reinforced aluminum frame. Furthermore, infrared and magnetic sensors, and limit switches for determining the robot position sensors were used. Also, a HMI (Human Machine Interface) allows a user-friendly manual categorization of each box as well as its location in the matrix.