Kawasaki Robotics showcased its latest range of collaborative robots (cobots) at the Automate event recently held in Chicago. The new CL Series, powered by Neura Robotics’ robotic assistant platform, combines the safety and intuitiveness of standard cobots with the speed and productivity of industrial robotics, offering unparalleled flexibility to users.
CL Series: Redefining Collaborative Robotics
The CL Series features:
– Safety and Intuitiveness: Built with Neura Robotics’ assistant platform, ensuring robust performance with user-friendly interfaces.
– Industrial Speed and Precision: Achieves industry-leading speeds of 200°/s and repeatability of ± 0.02 mm.
– Versatile Payloads and Reaches: Configurations include 3kg/590mm, 5kg/800mm, 8kg/1300mm, and 10kg/1000mm.
– Design and Build: Crafted in Germany with IP66 classification, small footprints, and free mounting orientations.
– High-Quality Components: Integrated 24-bit encoders and lightweight, reliable construction enhance performance.
The CL Series’ intuitive user interface and proprietary safety architecture make human/robot collaboration seamless, enhancing productivity and flexibility.
New Industrial Robot Applications
Kawasaki Robotics also presented new applications using the Kawasaki R Series and BX Series, showcasing innovations in welding, finishing, multi-SKU palletizing and depalletizing, and an automated corner board solution. These applications demonstrate Kawasaki’s commitment to optimizing product offerings through a technology-agnostic approach and a growing network of partners.
Applications Displayed at Automate 2024:
– Robotic Finishing Solution: Designed by AMT Precision Parts, this solution offers precision, consistency, and adaptability for handling diverse materials and surface types.
– Autonomous Parcel Sorting: Enabled by Mech Mind’s 3D camera and AI-powered software, the Kawasaki R Series handles unstructured parcel sorting autonomously.
– Multi-SKU Palletizing and Depalletizing: Featuring a BX130X robot, and an automated corner board application using an RS007L robot, powered by “Olis Connect” from Olis Robotics for remote control and monitoring.
Strategic Partnerships
Kawasaki Robotics collaborates with leading partners such as Mech Mind, CRG Automation, AMT Precision Parts, and Olis Robotics to enhance their product offerings. This collaboration enables Kawasaki to harness collective human ingenuity, creating limitless possibilities for industrial automation.
Seiji Amazawa, President of Kawasaki Robotics, emphasizes the importance of these partnerships:
“From our AI-enabled robots to our rich library of technology partners, it’s the collective use of human ingenuity that fuels Kawasaki’s product offerings. Our goal is to harness industrial automation in a way that makes the possibilities virtually limitless for our customers, and our Automate showing will help to reinforce that.”
Inspiring Future Possibilities
Kawasaki Robotics’ display at Automate 2024 highlights the potential for growth and innovation in robotics and automation. As customer demand and the need for skilled labor increase, Kawasaki’s solutions aim to address these challenges, ensuring customers can envision a future filled with excitement and potential.
Amazawa concludes:
“We are motivated by our passion for creating the best possible robotic solutions to ensure our customers see nothing but excitement, potential, and growth when they look to the future. All solutions on display at Automate are designed to inspire and open up new possibilities. The sky’s truly the limit.”
About Kawasaki Robotics
Kawasaki Robotics is a global leader in industrial automation, providing innovative robotic solutions designed to enhance productivity and efficiency across various industries. With a focus on collaborative robotics and strategic partnerships, Kawasaki Robotics continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of industrial automation.
