Pick and Place/Nut Driver End Effector (NISSAN AMERICA, 2024-ONGOING)

Through a project facilitated by Vanderbilt University, four classmates and I have been collaborating with Nissan to automate a subassembly process.

I have primarily been responsible for designing this end effector to be mounted to the end of a 6-Axis UR10 Robot.

  • Full sheet metal design

  • Venturi pump used for “pick and place” suction cup head

  • Blowfeed delivery system transports nuts to end effector

  • Nut driver mounted on linear actuator to load nuts into socket head