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Humatics guides two robots working on engine block in motion
As cobot arms continue to be used in new applications, companies have been developing new tools to help extend their capabilities. Using its Microlocation technology, Humatics demoed what it claimed is “the first in-motion engine-assembly application with multiple robot arms.”
The company used two Universal Robots arms with an Atlas Copco Power Focus 6000 assembly tool to place bolts on an engine block that was being moved by an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) from Mobile Industrial Robots.
During a visit to the company’s office in Waltham, Mass., prior to Automate, Ron Ranaldi, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Humatics, told Robotics 24/7 that Humatics uses multiple transponders to give robots “sub-millimeter precision.” That technology allows robots to complete tasks even while objects or people are in motion.
“Humatics Microlocation generates highly valuable location data through the use of its patented radio frequency technology,” the company wrote on its website. “By digitizing the motion of humans, robotics … the technology can be used to enable real-time human/robotic collaboration, human efficiency improvements, quality control, tool control, and many other valuable use cases.”
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