Collaborative robots are designed to collaborate, their goal is to work alongside humans, and by their very nature, collaborative robots are dedicated to augmenting humans. They are not autonomous like other robots; instead, these robots are driven by humans to augment human strength, data capabilities, and precision. So, what are the characteristics of collaborative robots? What can collaborative robots do?
What are the characteristics of collaborative robots?
As a new type of industrial robot, collaborative robots remove the barriers to human-robot collaboration and allow robots to completely escape the confines of guardrails or cages. Their groundbreaking product performance and wide range of application areas open a new era in the development of industrial robots. The main features of collaborative robots are.
1、Lightweight: make the robot easier to control and improve safety.
2、Friendliness: Ensure that the surface and joints of the robot are smooth and flat, without sharp corners or gaps that could easily pinch the operator.
3、Sensory ability: perceive the surrounding environment and change its action behavior according to the change of environment.
4、Human-robot collaboration: sensitive force feedback characteristics, when the force has been set will immediately stop, after risk assessment without the need to install a protective fence, so that people and robots can work together.
5、Easy to program: It is very easy to program and debug for some general operators and people with a non-technical backgrounds.
What can be done with collaborative robots?
The rise of collaborative robots can be attributed to their ability to handle any dangerous, tedious or dirty task.
Collaborative robots can be used in secure areas. When someone enters the area, the collaborative robot can be trained to slow down. It will then track the person and stop working when the person gets too close. As time passes, the collaborative robot can be trained to mimic the way humans perform different tasks and jobs.
