Robotic modular ARM
Machine tending solutions are more and more attractive to automate one of the intensive labor-cost phases of the working cycle. To this aim three are the challenges: machine-robot interfacing, flexible robot kinematics, and low cycle time.
The solution is a modular EtherCAT® based robotic arm powered by the XStar motion planning algorithm.
The advantage of using robots of this type lies in the fact that it is possible to adapt it to one's application, adding for example auxiliary axes, such as for the movement of the robot itself or for the rotation of the workpiece. In this way, planning takes place for all axes, keeping the movement synchronised, without the need of using special signals and start&stop strategies necessary in the case of independent interpolated axes.