Wide range of MRK applications

The Cobotta Pro is presented as an ideal solution for almost any application in the HRC segment. © DENSO Robotics

The Cobotta Pro models combine all the advantages of a collaborative robot with the performance and speed of industrial robots. According to the manufacturer, the Cobotta Pro 900 and Cobotta Pro 1300 models are currently the most powerful robots in the collaborative robot market segment and open up new dimensions in the HRC segment. Visitors to the trade fair stand will be able to see this for themselves and experience the wide range of applications of the Cobot models live: Whether, for example, gripping loose bulk material using 3D vision, automating complex and delicate assembly tasks that require a high degree of repeat accuracy, or an application for robot-based, precise dosing of medical powder materials.

The Cobotta Pro is the ideal solution for almost any application in the HRC segment, says manufacturer Denso. The models offer all the performance features needed to make industrial processes in the HRC segment more efficient and productive, both in sporadic human-robot collaboration - i.e. when humans only rarely enter the bot's workspace - and in continuous human-robot collaboration.

Ideal connection of peripheral devices

Thanks to the simple robot control, an ideal connection of peripheral devices and system components is possible. © DENSO Robotics

The use of the fully integrated, real-time-capable Beckhoff Twin CAT system and the possibility of using AI-based imitative learning enables the Cobotta Pro to create an ideal connection of peripheral devices and system components via the compact CRC9 robot controller. This means that even complex and extensive applications can be integrated into the CRC9 robot controller.

By using Denso's own master/slave function, users can intuitively move another robot that is located in an inaccessible environment and teach it positions thanks to the Cobotta's direct teach function - as demonstrated by another application at the trade fair stand. This enables teach-in and operation outside of a clean room in the pharmaceutical or medical industry, for example. This prevents particles from entering the cleanroom and contamination by employees is avoided.

Protection classes: ESD, ATEX and aseptic environments

The trade fair presentations will be rounded off by various new protection classes for Denso robots. These include the ESD protection class for the electronics industry for the safe handling of electronic components, for example during PCB assembly, visual inspection, product testing and packaging. In all these processes, uncontrolled electrostatic discharges (ESD) endanger product integrity. In order to comply with the ESD conformity requirements, which are largely mandatory for the electronics industry, the Scara HS-A1 robot series and the vertical articulated arm VS models have been modified so that they meet the required limit values and thus ensure the product integrity that is so important in the electronics industry.

Another protection class is the EU ATEX directive, which is intended to protect against hazards when using devices and protective systems in potentially explosive atmospheres: To this end, a number of robot series have been modified so that they meet the specifications for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. With the VS-050S2, Denso Robotics also supplies a device for sterile environments that meets the strict requirements of the pharmaceutical and medical industry and is certified accordingly by the Fraunhofer Institute.