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FANUC has been added to Wandelbots’ robotics producer portfolio. | Source: Wandelbots
Wandelbots, the Dresden, Germany-based robotics software program developer, introduced that it has added FANUC to its portfolio of robotics producers. FANUC would be the third robotics firm to combine Wandelbots Teaching into its robots.
FANUC plans to launch the primary variations of its Wandelbots-enabled robots in 2023. It follows Universal Robots and Yaskawa in integrating the software program.
“Wandelbots’ goal is that all robots, regardless of manufacturer or model, can be controlled with our technology. With the integration of FANUC, we are getting a lot closer to our goal,” Bernd Heinrichs, co-CEO of the corporate, mentioned. “Having another robotics manufacturer in our portfolio allows us to open up new markets and provide Wandelbots Teaching to a wide range of companies. For Wandelbots, FANUC also has special relevance, as we are currently entering the US market, where FANUC is widely used.”
The firm takes a no-code method to programming robots with its Wandelbots Teaching platform. The platform permits firms to work with robots by mapping out the robotic’s path utilizing TracePen, which was launched by the corporate in 2020. TracePen adjusts the robotic’s path by way of an app and may switch the appliance to some other robotic. TracePen’s monitoring permits customers to plan out a path all the way down to the millimeter.
Wandelbots’ software program works the identical with any robotic from the three firms it at the moment works with, that means customers will likely be working with the identical interface on each robotic.
FANUC is likely one of the world’s largest producers of commercial robots, with over 900,000 robots bought and over 100 completely different fashions supplied. Along with industrial robotic arms, FANUC presents CNC controllers and servo motors.
In March 2022, FANUC added three new fashions to its CRX cobot collection. The new fashions present 5 kg, 20 kg and 25 kg payload capacities, offering heaving and lighter payloads than the unique cobots within the line. The CRX line of cobots are designed for a wide range of functions, together with inspection, machine load/unload, packing, palletizing, sanding, welding and extra.
In January 2022, Wandelbots introduced in $84 million in Series C funding, bringing the corporate’s complete funding to this point to $123 million. The firm deliberate to make use of the funding to scale its instructing platform to work with extra robots for extra functions in additional areas.