pick and place robotics

could someone recommend a small, low cost, pick and place robot unit?
I have a possible application with a 2 ounce part, simple gripper tooling,
no wrist motion, etc.
I just need z-axis motion to pick, then swing 90 or 180 degrees and drop
back to same z value to place.
Hoping for pneumatically powered.

Thanks,
Bill

 

There are tons and tons of automation robotic units from all sorts of
suppliers, and I have seen lots of them @ the MD&M shows every year.

I would search the automation magazines or hit Google and start
looking for a simple unit <robot "pick and plece" = 159,000 hits
including paid advertisements noting components and robots>

If you are in the Mid-West, see Sep 25-27 2007 Assembly Technology
Expo
Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention & Exhibition Center in
Rosemont, IL

www.devicelink.com

Bo

 

Thanks Bo, but I was hoping someone had hands-on (positive) experience with
a particular line of
low cost units.

Looking through thousands of webpages and trying to determine prices on all
of them would put me about a year behind schedule.

Bill

 

I don't know about low cost, though I have pieced together things from
SMC's pneumatics to do simple things.

But if you need reliability try a look at the small units here:

http://www.robots.epson.com/general/casestudies.htm