Method and apparatus for robotic assembly of motherboard with components

A method of inserting components into a motherboard comprising:

• setting up a robotic cell including an end-of-arm tool and one or more tray feeders, the one or more tray feeders including a plurality of trays with motherboards and a plurality of trays with components;
• moving a first tray including a motherboard into the robotic cell;
• identifying the motherboard;
• moving a second tray including one or more components for insertion into the motherboard into the robotic cell;
• and
• inserting the components from the second tray into the motherboard.

A motherboard assembly system using a robotic cell comprising:

• a robot arm in the robotic cell including an end-of-arm tool;
• a first tray feeder including a plurality of trays, each of the trays including one or more motherboards;
• a second tray feeder including a second plurality of trays with components;
• a sensor to obtain data from the motherboard to identify a motherboard;
• a processor to identify a component type based on the identifying of the motherboard;
• the second tray feeder providing a second tray with one or more components of the identified component type;
• and
• the robot arm to pick up a component from the second tray and assemble it into the motherboard.