Video Monday: ABB’s SafeMove System
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 23 of March , 2009 at 3:00 am
This seems like a fairly obvious move for industrial robotics, but ABB has paired a laser scanner with their industrial robots, allowing the robots to tell when a person has entered their zone of operation. The robots then slow to a safe movement speed, and if the person enters the danger zone too quickly, the robots stop completely. The idea is that this technology allows humans to work much more closely, and even interact, with industrial robots who otherwise have no way of telling if anyone is in their range of movement.
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Comment by xamox
Made Monday, 23 of March , 2009 at 7:18 am
very cool idea. Definitely cheaper than having cells, tons of light curtains and PLC logic to interface them all.
Comment by edbanks
Made Tuesday, 24 of March , 2009 at 12:31 pm
So, this is a laser scanner tied in with a robot? These things are not *new* technology, will not replace guarding, safety PLC’s or any other safety device. The reason these things are in place is because humans are generally stupid and do stupid things such as working next to a robot capable of traveling 2000mm/s.
