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CHICAGO — Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. gave a primary take a look at its new CL household of collaborative robots at Automate this week. The corporate additionally confirmed off new functions utilizing the Kawasaki R Collection and BX Collection of business robots.
“From our AI-enabled robots to our wealthy library of know-how companions, it’s the collective use of human ingenuity that fuels Kawasaki’s product choices,” said Seiji Amazawa, president of Kawasaki Robotics. “Our objective is to harness industrial automation in a approach that makes the chances just about limitless for our prospects, and our Automate exhibiting will assist to strengthen that.”
Kawasaki Robotic added that the CL Collection and new functions show its “dedication to repeatedly optimizing its product choices, aided by its technology-agnostic stance and increasing community of companions.” The Wixom, Mich.-based firm is a unit of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which has greater than 50 years of automation expertise and is a number one provider of business robots.
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CL sequence combines cobot, industrial options
Kawasaki Robotics claimed its CL sequence combines the protection and intuitiveness of collaborative robots with a sturdy design that “unlocks the pace and productiveness of business robotics.” The brand new robots, designed and in-built Germany, use robotic help know-how from NEURA Robotics, a Kawasaki associate.
Kawasaki had a dual-armed cobot 9 years in the past, nevertheless it had an absence in its product vary, Alexandre Boffi, supervisor for common industries gross sales at Kawasaki, advised The Robotic Report.
“We noticed what the trade wanted — extra repeatability, accuracy, robustness, and environmental safety,” he mentioned. “A cobot additionally needed to do what Kawasaki’s industrial robots can do, which led to our collaboration with NEURA.”
The brand new cobots can attain a pace of 200º/s and repeatability of ±0.02 mm (0.0007 in.). The robots have payload capacities and reaches of three kg/590 mm (6.6 lb./23.2 in.), 5 kg/800 mm (11 lb./31.5 in.), 8 kg/1,300 mm (17.6 lb./51.2 in.), and 10 kg/1,000 mm (22 lb./39.3 in.), respectively.
“Prospects don’t wish to sacrifice pace, accuracy, or reliability,” mentioned Boffi. “Ease of use is driving demand for cobots.”
As well as, the CL sequence has free mounting orientations, small footprints, and IP66 classification. Kawasaki famous that the cobots’ elements embrace built-in 24-bit encoders, excessive decision, and light-weight development.
The CL sequence additionally consists of an intuitive consumer interface and proprietary security structure to facilitate human-robot collaboration, mentioned the corporate.
Like NEURA’s 4NE-1 within the adjoining sales space, Kawasaki’s “skunkworks” has labored by itself humanoid robotic, the Kaleido, Boffi mentioned.
“Humanoids are like Formulation 1 racecars in contrast with passenger vehicles,” he mentioned. “They’ll end in smaller controllers and optimized movement management, like our KRNX API [application programming interface], which offers low latency, real-time management, and full entry to the BIOS. We’re actually targeted on constructing one of the best instruments to assist companies.”
Kawasaki Robotics collectively reveals new functions
Kawasaki additionally demonstrated functions developed with its companions, resembling an adaptable ending system designed by Superior Machine & Instrument (AMT) Precision Elements that may deal with numerous supplies and floor sorts. It additionally confirmed unstructured parcel sorting with the Kawasaki R Collection and Mech Thoughts‘s 3D digicam and AI-powered software program.
CRG Automation displayed multi-SKU palletizing and depalletizing utilizing a BX130X robotic and an automatic corner-board utility utilizing a RS00L robotic. Olis Robotics‘ Olis Join edge-hosted product offered distant management and monitoring of the whole system.
“As buyer demand for merchandise of every kind will increase and the unceasing want for expert labor stays, robotics and automation are clear solutions to this widespread trade drawback,” mentioned Amazawa. “We’re motivated by our ardour for creating the very best robotic options to make sure our prospects see nothing however pleasure, potential, and progress once they look to the longer term.”
Kawasaki Robotics and Olis Robotics have additionally collectively provided robots and controls they mentioned will allow prospects to restart manufacturing quicker, cut back troubleshooting and downtime prices by as much as 90%, and achieve entry to skilled help extra shortly.