With Mototraining, Yaskawa has developed a compact and mobile robot unit especially for training and demonstration purposes. Mounted on a table, it can be easily moved around the room. Scanner-based safety functions enable operation without enclosures or barriers. The optional connection to the normal 230-volt power supply also contributes to flexibility. This means that the cell can also be used in areas without a power supply.

At the heart of the Mototraining cell is a Motoman GP8 from Yaskawa, equipped with a mechanical-pneumatic gripper and a vacuum gripper. The compact and fast handling robots in the GP series were developed for fast joining, packaging and general handling applications. With payloads of seven, eight, twelve and 25 kilograms, the new six-axis robots are the fastest in their class and therefore true productivity drivers, says Yaskawa. The robots in the GP series are controlled by the new Motoman YRC1000 high-performance controller. The programming pendant of the YRC1000 controller is ergonomic and clearly laid out, weighing just 730 grams, making it the lightest in its category. The touchscreen enables intuitive operation and therefore simple movement and scrolling with the cursor.

Modular robot cell from Klocke

As a system partner of Yaskawa, Klocke regularly integrates Motoman industrial robots as components in its automation solutions. The company, based in Kayhude in northern Germany, has been developing and building customer-specific special systems since 1993, from simple devices to highly complex production cells.

As a current example, Klocke is presenting a modular robot cell for palletizing workpieces on CNC machining centers at Nortec: Depending on the machining center's mode of operation, a Motoman MH5 six-axis robot with an electric handling gripper performs two different tasks for a wide range of workpiece sizes and geometries. The robot either removes the workpieces directly from the machine. Or, in the case of bar turning machines for example, it provides them as bulk material, which can then be further processed using a high-resolution camera system for object and position detection. The cell is characterized by a modular, compact design with an integrated control cabinet. It is also mobile and therefore suitable for alternating use on several machines.as