You have ever dealt with robotic systems, you know cables are something you cannot live without and at the same time you hate them so much. They are the lifelines that operate the motors, transmit and ensure that everything works well.
However, these cables are beaten up when robots are in motion, maybe it is a robotic arm on an assembly line, an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) dashing about a warehouse or the joints of a humanoid robot moving their parts about in unusual manners.
Cable breakdowns can cause your whole business to come to a standstill, time, money and a hundred headaches. [Read more…] about What’s the Best Way to Reduce Cable Failures in Moving Robots (Arms, AGVs, and Humanoid Joints)?