Autonomous robotics
Mechatronics for the future
Autonomous robotics. From safe robots for HRC to compact tool changers and reliable connection solutions with higher mating cycles to production processes for new technical fabrics made of high-modulus fibers -at HMI, Stäubli will be showing how production processes can be efficiently designed at key interfaces to Industry 4.0.
The autonomous robot system Helmo will be attracting attention in Hanover. After Stäubli presented its solution for the next level of human-robot collaboration (HRC) for the first time last year, Helmo has now grown up and proven itself in practice. "Helmo is the new generation of powerful robots that work completely autonomously and can travel to a wide variety of workstations, assemble their own materials and then start work," says Gerald Vogt, Group Division Manager Robotics at Stäubli. "HelMo embodies the next level of human-robot collaboration, in which robots mingle with humans and work together with them or perform monotonous tasks on their own." Stäubli is testing which application scenarios are possible with Helmo in the future in its own production facility. Here, technicians and the mobile robot system work side by side, for example in the assembly of electrical connectors for coupling systems. "Helmo works flawlessly, even in monotonous and tedious work steps. He relieves the workforce of unpleasant tasks and is therefore a very popular colleague," says Gerald Vogt. "We actually see him less as a robot and more as an assistant who is flexibly on hand wherever he is needed."
For the system, Stäubli uses a powerful standard robot with minor modifications, in this case a device from the TX2 series. This series is available in cleanroom and Stericlean versions, wet room and food versions and as a TX2touch version for direct human-robot collaboration.
Gerald Vogt sums up why Stäubli decided not to develop a special assistance robot: "Pure assistance robots are subject to significant limitations in terms of payload, dynamics, reach and precision. However, we wanted to qualify our TX2 standard robots for direct cooperation with humans and at the same time maintain their full performance potential for non-MRK-related work. Helmo has a modular design: Equipped with an automatic tool changing system, it can boost the performance of a TX2 six-axis robot even further." pb
Hall 17, Stand C13
Stäubli offers mechatronics solutions in three areas of activity: Connectors, Robotics and Textile. With more than 4,500 employees, the company generates annual sales of over 1.1 billion Swiss francs. Originally founded in 1892 as a small company in Zurich/Horgen, Stäubli is now an international group based in Pfäffikon and has twelve industrial production plants.
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