Siemens, Anybotics, and Stäubli have released new robotic technology aimed at enhancing precision within manufacturing operations and breaking into new market territories.
Siemens has released the Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot to optimize robot path accuracy across multiple industries. Anybotics has launched the Data Navigator, a centralized, user-friendly data analytics platform designed to optimize facility asset use and longevity using Anymal inspection robot data. Stäubli’s new mobile cleanroom robot, Sterimove, is focused on bringing hygienic material flow and efficiency to cleanroom environments.
Data Navigator serves as a central hub for collecting and analyzing inspection data from Anybotics Anymal quadruped robots. Image used courtesy of Anybotics
Data Navigator
Anybotics intends to bolster preventative maintenance measures in extreme and potentially hazardous environments with the release of its new, centralized asset management platform, Data Navigator. The platform is tailored to unlock insights from Anybotics’ Anymal inspection robots. These robots are dog-like quadrupeds that can navigate potentially explosive environments within oil and gas, chemicals, power and utility, mining, metals and minerals, railway, and transportation industries.
The web-based Data Navigator features an intuitive interface without requiring a complicated IT setup or training. A navigation pane allows users to plan missions and access mission/asset management reports. Users can view an anomaly dashboard to execute timely preventative measures in order to keep operations running, eliminate unnecessary downtime, and enhance performance. An innovative, insight-generating comparison view mode also allows operators to view asset conditions and health over time, monitoring trends and taking action when maintenance is required. Using a trendline view is another way users can keep track of asset performance over time. Operators can compare a configured baseline performance to any drastic changes to normal operations and act accordingly to prevent failures.
Customers can also use the mission scheduler to monitor, plan, and automate Anymal inspection missions. Overall, Data Navigator is intended to do away with stagnating data silos, making use of historical data and data in real time, mining, extracting, and generating actionable insights to enhance predictive maintenance and maintain productivity.
Utilizing Sterimove in Grade A/B cleanrooms can help users reduce the risk of contamination and enhance quality assurance. Image used courtesy of Stäubli
Sterimove Mobile Pharma Robot
Stäubli has created a mobile pharma robot for use in Controlled-Non-Classified (CNC) areas and Grade A, B, C, and D cleanroom environments. CNC spaces are manufacturing areas that are designated for non-sterile procedures or as support facilities for sterile manufacturing. Conversely, Grade A, B, C, and D environments are cleanrooms with a greater degree of control.
The new cleanroom mobile robot, Sterimove, is built with FDA-compliant material and is resistant to vaporized hydrogen peroxide decontamination. The robot is designed to be compact, agile, and hygienic, with a rapid tire/wheel change system. Sterimove also features built-in sensors, collision avoidance, and a human safety sensor that supports inductive charging.
Siemens’ Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot gives industrial robots machine tooling capabilities. Image used courtesy of Siemens
Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot
Siemens has developed the Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot (MTR), which is aimed at increasing production precision and efficiency. According to Siemens, the new MTR improves route accuracy by as much as 300% while boosting productivity by 40%, making the MTR ideal for tasks that demand high precision. Unlike traditional factory robots, the MTR has machine tool-like stiffness, permitting it to operate on strong materials like steel and execute post-processing of 3D-printed metal parts. It is driven by Sinumerik One, a CNC system that runs digital simulations of operations prior to real-world implementation.
