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The IRB 1010 is ABB’s smallest-ever industrial robotic. | Credit: ABB
ABB has launched the IRB 1010, which is the corporate’s smallest industrial robotic ever. With a footprint of 135 mm (5.2 inches) by 250 mm (9.8 inches), the IRB 1010 is 30% smaller than ABB’s now second-smallest robotic, the IRB 120.
ABB stated the IRB 1010 provides producers of small electronics the chance to extend their manufacturing of units akin to smartwatches, earphones, sensors and well being trackers.
The IRB 1010 has a attain of 370 mm (14.5 inches), repeatability of 0.01 mm and might deal with payloads as much as 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). The IRB 1010 additionally has six braking programs, which ABB stated permits the robotic arm to stay in its place even when stopped. By eliminating the time wanted for the robotic to get better its place after a cease or pause, manufacturing might be resumed extra shortly, ABB claimed.
“The market for wearable smart devices is accelerating rapidly, with projections estimating double-digit growth between 2022 and 2028,” stated Rui Liang, managing director of ABB Robotics’ electronics enterprise line. “To meet this growth, companies are demanding compact robotic solutions that are suited to narrow production spaces in electronics manufacturing lines and that can accurately handle the small components used in wearable devices. As the most accurate robot in its class for 1.5kg payloads, our IRB 1010 meets these demands, enabling companies to maximize output and productivity while maintaining the highest levels of product quality.”
The IRB 1010 works with ABB’s OmniCore E10 controller. Programming of the IRB 1010 is finished with ABB’s Robot Control Mate, which is an add-on to ABB’s RobotStudio programming software program.
ABB just isn’t the one firm to have industrial robots of such small stature. The Robot Report first examined these ultra-small industrial robots in 2018 after visiting Automatica in Germany. Mecademic beat others to the punch, giving us the primary glimpse of the 6-axis Meca500 small industrial robotic in 2014.
ABB just lately launched its first vary of rebranded autonomous cell robots (AMRs), following its acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics in 2021 for $190M. ASTI Mobile Robotics’ options at the moment are rebranded and built-in into ABB’s portfolio, grouped below the Flexley title, indicating the flexibleness of operations that the AMRs supply.