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Forge Ahead in Robot Control

Eliminate the drag on productivity caused by complicated programming of industrial robots. The Forge suite of products from Ready Robotics utilizes one user interface across multiple robotic brands, making programming so easy it feels intuitive, with no previous robotic experience required.

Posted: April 8, 2019

The Forge suite of products from Ready Robotics unifies cross-robotic platform programming and control so that anyone can intuitively control industrial and collaborative robots. The suite utilizes one user interface across multiple robotic brands, creating a programming experience that is so easy it feels intuitive, with no previous robotic experience required.

The Forge suite of products consists of a hardware controller (Forge/Ctrl) running robust software (Forge/OS) that together empowers anyone to intuitively control industrial and collaborative robots. Forge/Ctrl enables plug’n’play of pneumatic peripherals, sensors and grippers through standardized interfaces and makes it possible to control older machine tools without complicated electrical integration. Forge/OS software allows quick and intuitive creation of sophisticated programs via a touchscreen while controlling everything hooked up to the Forge/Ctrl hardware.

The Forge suite of products from Ready Robotics (Columbus, OH) unifies cross-robotic platform programming and control, consisting of a hardware controller (Forge/Ctrl) running robust software (Forge/OS) that together empowers anyone to intuitively control industrial and collaborative robots. Eliminate the drag on productivity caused by the complicated programming commonly found in industrial robots. The Forge suite of products utilizes one user interface across multiple robotic brands, creating a programming experience so far beyond easy it feels intuitive with no previous robotic experience required.

With a small installation footprint and an IP54 rating designed to withstand heavy industrial environments, Forge/Ctrl brings a plug’n’play experience to setting up your hardware. Easily plug in pneumatic peripherals, sensors, and all manner of grippers through standardized interfaces. Forge supports leading gripper brands like Piab, Schunk, and Robotiq. Forge/Ctrl even makes it possible to control older machine tools without complicated electrical integration. Forge/OS software allows users to quickly and intuitively create sophisticated programs via a touchscreen while controlling everything hooked up to the Forge/Ctrl hardware, including a wide variety of peripherals, grippers, sensors and pneumatic devices without ever having previous robotic programming experience.

Field tested, customer approved and available now on FANUC and Universal Robots with support for ABB, Denso, KUKA and Yaskawa coming soon. For example, Forge can be used to power a pick-and-place operation with a UR-3e or set up an assembly task with a Forge/Station running a UR-5. Forge can be used to seamlessly switch between setting up palletizing with a CR-7iA from FANUC and a UR-5e from Universal Robots. For applications needing industrial arms, the Forge suite of products can be used on a FANUC M-710iC-50, FANUC M-20iA, a Yaskawa M12, or a Denso vs060 for tapping with a FlexArm pneumatic tapping arm; or for sorting and inspection using sensors from Keyence; or for full-scale palletizing, all programmed in and controlled by Forge.

Ready Robotics, 1080 Steelwood Road, Columbus, OH 43212, 614-687-3502, [email protected], ready-robotics.com.