What we'll see is if the robot actually runs into me or into something
We're going to see a spike in current
and the robot's gonna sense that and stop
So this allows us to put a robot in a
place without a cage which is very new and innovative
So now we got a safe force sensing robot and it's sensing it all through current
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So this is what we call a collaborative robot
and what collaborative means is designed to work with people
So you can actually teach this robot by grabbing it and moving it
And when you look on the screen here, you'll actually see
the robot moves in real time
So as we program, we've got a list of way points here that the robot
will actually go through, so when you are doing a traditional robot program
you think about it we're gonna go from point A to point B to point C and maybe do an action
So this is where our gripper might open or close to pick something up or set something down
So what we've got are pieces inside called harmonic drives
and that's actually basically a gear that allows us to get extreme precisions
So 30 micron repeatability with our robot
and we also have force sensing inside of the robot
What we'll see is if the robot actually runs into me or into something
we're gonna see a spike in current and the robot's gonna sense that and stop
So we've got a protective stop that just happened again the robot's trying to drive from one point to another
as the resistance goes up the energy that it takes to go to that point goes up and then we'll cut it off
and we'll say we've impacted something
So this allows us to put a robot in a place without a cage which is very new and innovative
So now we got a safe force sensing robot and it's sensing it all through current
[Josh] That's interesting. I'd always assumed that that force sensing just had some sort of
movement sensors in here and it expected movement and it didn't get it
[Tim] Yeah [Josh] It's literally just monitoring the current consumption?
[Tim] Exactly. So let's go to the log here so here's the actual current right here that we're seeing
so if I push on it you can actually see the current spiking
So what we've done with Universal Robots
is made program extremely easy
and the benefit of that is you can deploy a system
very very quickly as oppose to making maybe weeks or months or years
and maybe our company has changed before we've actually deployed it
So this is a very good robot for a company that's trying to grow quickly and needs to move very fast and stay flexible
So as you put a product into the field you're gonna have a lot of customer experiences
and so when customers feedback information in to the company 'maybe I want this', 'maybe I want that'
there's teams that have to do decide should, we as a company, actually add this feature
So that's something that I do get to be a part of
is talking to the marketplace listening to the marketplace
saying 'Hey guys everyone really wants this new thing, we've got to do it'
And then when you actually see that new feature roll out it feels really good to be a part of that
So we run into a new projects new applications everyday
I think that's the most exciting part about my job is getting sucked into problem solving
and talking to the smartest sharpest people in the world and you're helping people
solve crazy projects and that's that's fun to be a part of
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