I am performing a Piece Picking Operation and have a question regarding Path Planning. Do we need to perform Path Planning to provide the robot with an input path to perform actions, or is there an alternative solution that does not require Path Planning? Can the Mech Vision System pick pieces from the bin without Path Planning and without using the Mech Viz software?
The Path Planning is not mandatory; you can use only the matching-related steps to identify the workpiece poses within the field of view.
However, these are merely the poses of the workpieces and do not include collision detection or path planning functionalities. Therefore, there is no guarantee that the workpieces can be safely and collision-free picked up from the bin. If collision detection and path planning are required, the Path Planning step or Mech-Viz software must be used.
