The strength of cobots lies in their ability to operate next to humans. That involves a certain degree of risk in the workplace and therefore, safety and precision are paramount for any collaborative robotic application.
Ingenia servo drives are easily deployable while fulfilling all the requirements. Due to their compact form factors and intuitive application guide and software, they can fit into any application, featuring the required safety standards and performance. Thereโs a Summit Collection drive for every power-range.
Cobot Challenges
To overcome obstacles in their path, cobots have evolved employing cutting-edge sensors and servo drive technologies. A co-robot can typically adapt by finding and recognising the thing, picking it up, and using it even if it’s slightly out of place.
The footprint of today’s cobots in the factory or workspace is incredibly small. Cobots are now being used by many manufacturers to choose and place items on assembly lines and to provide quality control. Cobots have primarily been employed to automate boring, repetitive chores that humans could easily grow weary of.
Typical Cobot Applications
Robotic arm / Robotic End-effector / Vacuum gripper / Industrial collaborative robot
Compact Integration and Form Factor
Reducing the size of any electronic motion application is only possible if the componentโs designs are compact. Servo drives are key to be optimized for reducing space and adapting to the specific form-factor of the final application. With the buried-via multi-layer technology it is common to find 16 or even 32 stacked layer designs embedded in a nail-size servo drive. This high level of compactness and integration allows the multi-axis robots to be modular, more efficient, and minimize wiring.
Minimum Standby Power Consumption & Highest efficiency
Minimum standby power consumption ensures that the servo drives use as little energy as possible when idling. Most importantly, however, low standby power consumption ensures that the overall temperature of the system stays low, especially in applications where people or delicate objects are involved, as it wonโt lead to any damage. Ingeniaโs drives have an optimized standby power consumption down to 1.2 W per axis while keeping the efficiency up to 99%.
Lightweight
In applications where weight is crucial, a lightweight servo drive is one of the first, most important requirements. We make sure to minimize the components assembled in our products to decrease their weight to the absolute minimum while still satisfying our customerโs needs and application requirements while maintaining the best performance in the market.
Open Microprocessors for Embedding Customized Algorithms
Our customerโs know-how is important to us, and thatโs why Ingenia can offer an open space in the microprocessor for embedding custom algorithms developed by the customers. These algorithms could be as simple as a specific PID or as complex as vibration, cogging, damping compensation, or gain scheduling.
STO SIL3 PLE – Functional Safety
All our products feature certified STO SIL3 PLE Functional Safety, providing any application with a function to set motors in a state where no torque is produced. This allows for safe applications for the electronics and, most importantly, for any person who may be around the final motion control application.
High Power Density and Neglidible EMI
Using the most advanced transistor technology in the world due to building and switching frequency capabilities, Ingenia servo drives deliver the highest power density and efficiency while sustaining negligible EMI.