Stäubli is showcasing its new technologies at Hannover Messe 2019, demonstrating flexible production systems can already be reality.
Stäubli’s HelMo robot system loosens the rigid corset of automation and can travel fully autonomously, navigating itself within its production environment.
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Mobile operation and autonomy are facilitated by generously proportioned energy storage and at the system is a powerful standard robot with minimal modifications, in this case, a robot from the reliable TX2 range.
The company says a step towards flexible production processes is also aided by the new developments generated by Stäubli Electrical Connectors.
“Driverless Transport Systems” (DTS), the electric vehicles used in HelMo or in logistics applications, are a fixed feature of forward-looking production and supply-chain processes,” said Thomas Spindler, Head of Sales & Marketing for Stäubli Electrical Connectors in Germany.
“To ensure precise, powerful, safe and time-saving charging of the energy storage units, we developed the automatic QCC (Quick Charging Connection), as used in facilities such as container ports.”
Furthermore, fully configurable connectors with the modular CombiTac system ensure that mobile production units can access all their requirements for power, signal and data transfer with just one single connector.
