Multi-Robot Technology
MOTOMAN pioneered multi-robot technology in 1994 and is the industry leader in this segment, with more than 1,000 multi-robot systems installed in Europe.
A single DX100 controller can control up to eight robots, up to 72 axes in total including robots and external axes, providing unmatched ability to handle multiple tasks and synchronous coordination. Consequently a robot in the multi-system knows the positions of the other robots. This means that costly downtime and production fall-outs caused by colliding robots could be substantially reduced.
Reasons for using multi-robot technology include reduced cycle time, compact systems, jigless production and more flexible manufacturing. Also, programming is simplified and is made in shorter time as compared to programming clusters of single-robot systems. A single cell with multiple robots and a single controller is ideal for symmetrical workpieces, multiple circular welds or distortion-critical parts. In such applications, multi-robot technology not only greatly increases efficiency but also improves quality, particularly in cases where multiple welds must be performed and temperature, gas and metal flow must be exactly regulated.
Two or more robots with a single controller can be programmed to work independently or synchronously. Various control combinations are possible so that multiple robots perform completely different tasks at the same time, the same task simultaneously or are coordinated to perform different steps of the same task. Multi-robot technology is ideal for jigless manufacturing in which one robot holds the workpiece while another performs a welding or machining operation.
Multi-robot technology provides many benefits:
- Less investment
- Less manpower
- Less production space needed due to compacts systems
- Shorter teaching time
- Reduced downtime
- Shortened cycle time
- Less weld distortion
- Jigless production
- Higher welding quality
- Flexible manufacturing
- Higher efficiency
As a pioneer in this field the Yaskawa know-how and multi-robot technology is unique in the market. Our highly advanced multi-robot solutions offer the utmost cost-effectiveness and efficiency for improving productivity.
