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Six Steps to Achieving Accurate Robot Positioning

In the world of robotics, knowing the exact position of your robot in the workstations is crucial. Even minor deviations can significantly impact performance, whether it's due to imprecise docking of mobile robots, inaccurate part carrier feeding, or deviations occurring in gripper/tool positions. Enter the PLOC2D SmartMark – the solution to all your positioning challenges.




Date: June 10, 2025
Time: 2 PM EDT (11 AM PDT / 8:00 PM CEST)
Duration: 1 hour
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Overview

Achieve unparalleled high-accuracy 6 DOF positioning with minimal robot programming.

In the world of robotics, knowing the exact position of your robot in the workstations is crucial. Even minor deviations can significantly impact performance, whether it's due to imprecise docking of mobile robots, inaccurate part carrier feeding or deviations occurring in gripper/tool positions.

Enter the PLOC2D SmartMark – the solution to all your positioning challenges. With PLOC2D SmartMark, complex robot programming, compensating for various inaccuracies, is a thing of the past. Our solution compensates for positional offsets by measuring a 2D target applied at the workstation. With a simple setup, commissioning, and operation, you can say goodbye to complex programming and hello to seamless, accurate robot positioning with PLOC2D SmartMark. Transform your workstation efficiency today!

Key Takeaways

  • Learn how you can achieve precise robot arm positioning in six easy steps
  • Discover how the PLOC2D SmartMark works and how it can benefit your operations.
  • Overcome integration challenges by adopting innovative bin picking technologies, ensuring seamless and efficient automation.

Speaker

Nick Longworth, Manager for Robotic Solutions, SICK

Longworth guides the overall North American market success of SICK’s robot guidance portfolio throughout the entire product lifecycle. Primarily focused on SICK’s PLOC2D and PLB products, he is responsible for providing the highest level of product/application knowledge, product positioning, and marketing expertise. Longworth also functions as a technical consultant for industrial robotics technology for SICK.

Longworth joined SICK in 2019, after gaining over seven years of experience in the automation engineering and machine building fields.  He is a Certified Vision Professional with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Business Administration from Washington College and a master’s in Robotics Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.