AB Designs

Tyvek removal robot

The robot that peels the Tyvek lid off each tub inside an isolator, modelled and animated end to end, with cloth simulation for the lid itself.

Role
Modelling, simulation, animation
Discipline
3D · Motion · Simulation
Built with
Blender
Used for
Pre-visualization, training
The project

A soft lid, a hard machine.

After debagging, each tub still has a Tyvek lid sealed over its nest. The robot grips the lid, peels it back and clears it away, all inside the isolator.

The machine is rigid and predictable; the lid isn’t. I modelled and animated the robot’s full process, then used cloth simulation so the Tyvek bends and lifts the way the real material does.

The full process, tub after tub
Cloth simulation test: the lid peeling away
Animated render of the lid removal station