ABB Motion Control Software Redefines Precision, Speed, Repeatability, Impressiveness
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 28 of May , 2008 at 2:55 am
Why are robots better at repetitive tasks than humans? This video should give you a clue. Instead of building better / faster / stronger robotic hardware, ABB has decided to focus some of their attention on the software that controls the movements of the robot. By making the robot smarter, ABB is able to increase payload by 20%, repeatable accuracy by 35%, and speed by 10%. These are pretty huge numbers when you consider that this isn’t a hardware change; the robot just has better instructions.
I’m not sure whether this demo is more impressive than these incredible ABB FlexPicker robots… True, this example is very fast and precise, but it’s following a preset path and not having to make any decisions. The amount of progress in automation that has been made in the relatively recent past is vaguely shocking, and at this point, the capabilities of robotic systems in situations like this are SO far beyond humans that I’m feeling just a little intimidated.
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Category: Industrial
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