Bin Picking Tutorial: Setting up Photoneo Bin Picking Studio with SIASUN robots

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NOTE: Users are strongly recommended to read the general introduction to robot interfaces prior to installing specific robot modules.

1. Prerequisities

The SIASUN Bin Picking Interface was developed using the following system version: UI: 2.1.10, Robot: 1.1.8

The interface may not be compatible with other system versions! You can find information about your system version in the About Tab:


Siasun about.png


If your pendant is still in Chinese, select the Settings tab and switch the language to English at the bottom of the page:


SIASUN Locator Tutorial Language.png


2. SIASUN Controller Setup

The following tutorial gives a step by step guide of how to configure your SIASUN robot controller, install all the necessary files and amend the robotic program to get the Locator up and running.

2.1 Network Configuration

The Locator SIASUN Module utilizes TCP/IP communication for transferring data between the SIASUN Robot Controller and the Vision Controller.

As the first step in commissioning, ensure that the IP address of the SIASUN controller meets your network configuration requirements.

Browse to Setting -> IP Address:


SIASUN Locator Tutorial IP Config Step 0.png


Select the Static option and configure the network settings of the Robot Controller:


SIASUN Locator Tutorial IP Config Step 1.png


Confirm the new network configuration by clicking the YES button:


SIASUN Locator Tutorial IP Config Step 2.png


The new network configuration will be applied immediately, the reboot of Robot Controller is not necessary.

3. Photoneo SIASUN Module Setup

The first step in the installation of Photoneo SIASUN Module is to copy the Robot Program from the Photoneo SIASUN Module Archive to the Robot Controller.

The Photoneo SIASUN Module is implemented in a following file:

  • - Photoneo_SIASUN_Module_1_3.spf'

Plug USB into Robot Controller, select Program Tab and Click Import button at the bottom of the Screen.

Select the "Photoneo_SIASUN_Module_1_3.spf" file from the USB Disk and confirm Import:


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Import.png


If import has finished successfully, a popup should appear on the screen. Confirm by clicking Yes button


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Import Success.png


As the first step of program configuration Set a Home Position - the very first line in the program.

Ensure that it is out of the scanning volume so it doesn't block the scene from proper scanning.


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Reteach Home Pose.png


Set IP Address of Bin Picking Studio Robot Interface to the vision_controller_ip variable.

By default, bin_picking_port = 2002. Do not edit this config until approved by Photoneo Support!


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Network Config.png


As a next step, Start and End pose joint values needs to be set.

Start position should be above the center of the bin in approximately 30-40cm height. Jog the robot to this position and set values in start_joint variable according to the current joint values.

End position can be the same as start pose or it can be shifted towards placing zone. It should also be in approximately 30-40cm height above the bin. Jog the robot to this position and set values in end_joint variable according to the current joint values.


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Reteach Start End.png


Scroll down to the Motion Execution part of the program. As shown in the figure below, bin picking trajectory consists of 5 motion segments

  • - movej Start
  • - movel Approach
  • - movel Grasp
  • - movel Deapproach
  • - movel End

In the current implementation, all gripper commands MUST be hard-coded directly into the robot program. Notice io_out(1,1) command after Grasp Pose movel command.

Prevent configuring Gripper Actions or additional path stages in Bin Picking Studio !!! The only allowed sequence of operations is [TRAJ, TRAJ, TRAJ, TRAJ, INFO, INFO, INFO] !!!

Amend the speed and acceleration settings according to the application requirements.


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Motion Execution.png


Reteach Placing poses and configure speed and acceleration settings according to the application requirements.


Setting Up Guide SIASUN Reteach Placing.png