Cologne/Hanover, April 24, 2024 – Cellular robotics techniques are being utilized in increasingly work areas, in e-commerce warehouses in addition to in trendy eating places. Standard fashions available on the market begin at round 25,000 euros, whereas options with an built-in robotic arm begin at round 70,000 euros. Nevertheless, widespread use out there is commonly unaffordable for small and medium-sized enterprises because of the excessive costs. igus desires to vary this with new low-cost robotics choices and is presenting a collection of low-cost cell plastic robots on the Hannover Messe.
The marketplace for Automated Guided Autos (AGV) and Autonomous Cellular Robots (AMR) is booming: The worldwide marketplace for cell robotics, together with service robotics, is at the moment price round 20.3 billion US {dollars}, and consultants count on it to nearly double by 2028. 1 Cellular robots are significantly frequent in intralogistics and industrial functions. And even within the catering trade or in hospitals, the sensible helpers are more and more making their rounds. That is additionally the case at movement plastics specialist igus: For 4 years now, the plastics consultants have been efficiently testing AGVs in-house – driverless racks that ship mail and deliveries to workplaces, in addition to cell robots in manufacturing that transfer transports and stack-and-turn containers. The expertise gained flows straight into the event of a brand new low-cost automation product line, the „ReBeL on Wheels“. Their aim: to pave the way in which for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make use of cost-effective cell robotics.
Cellular ReBeL options for training, logistics and repair
The premise of any cell robotics system is the ReBeL. Using plastic makes the robotic significantly inexpensive at 4,970 euros and, with a useless weight of 8.2 kilograms, the lightest service robotic with cobot perform in its class. All mechanical parts that make up the ReBeL are developed and manufactured by igus with out exception. It has a load capability of two kilograms and a attain of 664 millimetres. Numerous cell techniques are deliberate by which the ReBeL is centrally built-in: igus is launching an inexpensive model for the training sector for 14,699 euros – together with the robotic arm. The ReBeL EduMove outfitted with a gripper serves as an autonomous studying platform for instructional establishments due to open supply. It has a modular design and will be flexibly expanded to incorporate further capabilities comparable to lidar, digicam expertise or slam algorithm. One other variant is an automatic guided automobile system for SMEs. It may well carry as much as 30 kilograms. With the elective ReBeL, easy A-to-B positioning will be made. It dispenses with costly sensor expertise and as a substitute depends on 3D sensor expertise developed in-house. The worth is 17,999 euros. As well as, igus will probably be showcasing a examine of a service robotic at a low value in Hanover. The ReBeL Butler is appropriate for easy however time-consuming pick-up and drop-off providers, for instance within the lodge and catering trade.
A lighthouse challenge on wheels
The aim of all these developments is the lighthouse challenge, a cell robotic with built-in HMI and imaginative and prescient that might even tidy up an workplace by itself. „With this challenge, we’re pursuing a bottom-to-top technique, by which sure parts comparable to security laser scanners usually are not included within the primary bundle with a view to maintain the value low,“ explains Alexander Mühlens, licensed signatory and head of the low-cost automation enterprise unit at igus. „Nonetheless, it ensures that the answer will be retrofitted for industrial necessities.“ Amongst different issues, igus is presenting an inexpensive gripper with a big stroke and journey this yr, which provides a excessive diploma of flexibility when gripping completely different geometries. Alexander Mühlens: „The areas of utility for this focused low-cost AMR are extraordinarily numerous and go far past easy transport duties. They embody an enormous vary of functions in varied areas of life, comparable to cleansing duties or serving espresso straight on the office.“
