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Robotics lab · Level 5 of 8

Palletising

Level 5 of 8 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 30 minutes. Stack twelve parts from a belt in a 2 x 3 x 2 pattern, count them, and raise the stack-full signal on the twelfth.

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Free · no download · about 30 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.

3D view of the Palletising level in the Robotics lab
Palletising

The brief

Client
Brennan Cartons
Site
End of line pallet station 2
Work order
WO-RB-105
Task code
ROB-05
Difficulty
Intermediate
Type of work
Programming

Stack twelve parts from a belt in a 2 x 3 x 2 pattern, count them, and raise the stack-full signal on the twelfth.

Skills you practise

  • Loops and counters
  • Pallet patterns with Offs
  • Conveyor handshake
  • Stack-full signal

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Loops and counters
  • Pallet patterns with Offs
  • Conveyor handshake
  • Stack-full signal

In this lab

  • Teach pendant: jog, teach and run
  • Safety: guards, enabling device, safe start
  • A handshake between robot and PLC

Levels in the Robotics lab

Previous: Pick and placeNext: Machine tending

  1. Safe start
  2. Jog
  3. Teach and run
  4. Pick and place
  5. Palletising
  6. Machine tending
  7. Safety validation
  8. Fault finding

Part of the Robotics lab

Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.

About the Robotics lab

Feeds these internships: PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.