Rodriguez has introduced a collaborative linear transfer system that can move a cobot between multiple workstations and extend its operating range to as much as 10 metres.
The company is offering Thomson’s Movotrak Cobot Transfer Unit (CTU), which it describes as “a movable seventh axis” designed to allow a single cobot to perform tasks at different positions along a production line rather than remaining fixed at one workstation.
Rodriguez says the system could help manufacturers increase robot utilisation while reducing the need to reposition or reconfigure automation equipment when production requirements change. [Read more…] about Rodriguez launches Movotrak ‘seventh axis’ for cobots