FAMILY OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS FOR OPERATION IN SMALL WORKSPACES

FANUC Robotics America, Inc. offers its R-2000iB material handling robot. A heavy duty, high-speed 1000 kg head stock positioner can position a tractor frame near an R-2000iB/165F robot. The R-2000iB, equipped with iRVision® 3DL picks randomly piled brackets and places them on the tractor frame; power clamps hold the brackets in place. The 1000 kg positioner moves the tractor frame while two quad-arm ARC Mate robots (four new ARC Mate 120iC/10L and four ARC Mate 100iC/6L robots) simulate a coordinated welding sequence to weld the brackets to the frame. Upon completion of the weld cycle, all nine robots demonstrate their large envelopes and coordination paths. Finally, the R-2000iB robot returns the brackets to the pick station and the cycle repeats itself.

The R-2000iB represents a family of industrial robots, including pedestal and rack mount versions with a variety of payloads and reaches. A slim arm and wrist assembly helps minimize interference with system equipment and allows the robot to operate in small workspaces.

The FANUC iRVision system is a ready-to-use robotic vision package, available on all FANUC robots, requiring only a camera and cable ? no additional processing hardware. It has a 2D robot guidance tool to accomplish part location, error proofing, and other operations that normally require special sensors or custom fixtures. For robotic vision processes that exceed the capability of 2D vision systems, FANUC Robotics offers an integrated 3D vision system.

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