Cobots are increasingly used in large-scale production applications that involve continuous lifting operations but still require a human touch. While cobots have been in use for at least a decade and continue to grow, applications have been limited by the gearing systems that control motion.
Aruj Abbas, Product Manager at Festo, explains why pneumatic guided drives are getting smaller and explores the latest devices to market.
All Oceans Engineering’s fly-out ROV has been cleared to operate in some of the deepest parts of the ocean thanks to the pressure capabilities of an Elmo Motion Control miniature servo drive.
A report from the Health and Safety Executive in 2018 estimated that 6.6 million working days were lost in the UK in 2017/18 due to work related musculoskeletal disorders.
Even as machinery and equipment have become more complex and sophisticated in recent years, still the essence of “safe operation” remains largely unchanged and therefore the most basic solutions to ensure safe operation are also largely unchanged.