myCobot camera module v2.0

Compatible models: myCobot 280, myPalletizer 260, mechArm 270

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Specifications:

Camera Flange: Machine Vision

Introduction

• USB high-definition camera can be used with suction pump, self-adaptive gripper, artificial intelligence kit, etc., eye in hand to achieve precise positioning and calibration.

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Installation and use

• Check that the kit has everything: LEGO connectors, camera module with usb cable.
  

• Camera Mount:

  • Structural mounting:

    1. Insert the LEGO connector into the socket reserved for the camera module:

    2. Insert the camera module with the connector inserted against the end socket of the arm:

  • Electrical connections:

    1. Plug the USB cable into the base USB port:

• Programming Development:

  Programming development of camera modules using python. python 环境下载

  • Create a new python file: Ctrl + Alt + T Open the command line and type:

    gedit camera.py
    

    

    The name of the file can be changed as needed

  • Perform function programming:

    The code is as follows:

    import cv2
    import numpy as np
    
    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) # "0", based on the queried camera equipment number
    
    while(True):
        ret, frame = cap.read()
    
        # gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    
        cv2.show('frame', frame)
        if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
            break
    
    cap.release()
    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
    

  • Save the file and close it, return to the command line terminal and type:

    python camera.py
    

    

    You can see what the camera captured

    Run results:

• How to check camera device number

ls /dev/video* -l

You can confirm by plugging and unplugging the devices and using the command separately to observe the added device number.

Example result: