In most cases industrial robot systems are equipped with interfaces for automatic material entry and exit. For this purpose, necessarily openings have to be provided at the perimeter safeguarding. Has the designer to consider that…

Cobots are considered flexible and inexpensive. This is why small and medium-sized companies like these machines. In many cases, cobot systems don’t even need a safety fence. But what about arc welding? We’ll show you…

Do you plan a cobot project? Then you should know what to do not ending in a deadlock. Unfortunately, sometimes companies are driving projects which will be no longer used after a short time. How…

For safety related control systems a so-called Mission Time has to be considered. According to EN ISO 13849-1 normally a Mission Time of 20 years is assumed. What will happen when the Mission Time is…

A collaborative robot – also called Cobot – you can buy easily. In many cases the prices of these robots are low. Furthermore, the performance of such robots sounds good. For instance, they are advertised…