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Robotics lab · Level 4 of 8

Pick and place

Level 4 of 8 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 25 minutes. Move six parts from a tray into the nests of a fixture plate, within 1 mm, without dropping one.

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Free · no download · about 25 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.

3D view of the Pick and place level in the Robotics lab
Pick and place

The brief

Client
Halden Precision Parts
Site
Assembly cell 3
Work order
WO-RB-104
Task code
ROB-04
Difficulty
Intermediate
Type of work
Programming

Move six parts from a tray into the nests of a fixture plate, within 1 mm, without dropping one.

Skills you practise

  • Work objects
  • Approach and retreat points
  • Gripper handshake
  • Accuracy

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Work objects
  • Approach and retreat points
  • Gripper handshake
  • Accuracy

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: Teach and runNext: Palletising

  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.