The future lies in the collaboration between man and machine

Great participation, last October 3rd, at the Omron Collaborative Day, an event organized by Omron Italia (branch of the Japanese giant specializing in the field of industrial automation) in collaboration with Schunk, among the groups with greatest experience in gripping systems and tightening technology.

At the conference hall of Villa Marchetti (Baggiovara, Modena), Ucima headquarters, the meeting examined the theme of flexible production and collaborative applications, the new challenge at the center of the now impending 5.0 revolution, in which man and machine “reconcile” and find ways to work together to improve factory efficiency.
Massimo Proverbio and Angelo Vocale, respectively Omron Electronics Robotics Account Manager and Field Application Engineer, together with Andrea Lolli, Schunk’s Mechatronics manager, took the chair.
The day saw the presentation of TM Collaborative Robot, the new line of robots perfected by Omron, which guarantee safety, simplicity of programming and integration with other equipment, marking a step forward towards the creation of a totally smart production environment.
Proverbio has no doubts about it: «Let’s imagine - began the manager - a world without security fences, in which men work alongside collaborative robots programmed to perform the most strenuous and repetitive tasks, allowing staff to focus on more specialized activities. By integrating them into existing production environments, cobots work directly with human beings, becoming an integral part of the team».
 
Technology in practice. In the security field, Omron TM Collaborative Robots comply with the ISO 10218 technical standard and ISO/TS 15066 technical specification. The simplified programming of these robots does not require any coding or push-button panel, guaranteeing the user faster start-up times as well as greater speed and flexibility in production changes.
The cobots are versatile and adaptable to various applications, in particular for machine tools, for loading and unloading, for assembly, gluing, testing and welding operations.
At the conference a place of honor was also reserved for Co-act EGP-C by Schunk, the first industrial caliper certified by DGUV German occupational accident insurance and awarded with the iF Design Award 2019.
It is a solution for collaborative 2-finger compact robotics, with a collision protection cover, which covers a wide range of applications and meets the requirements of ISO/TS 15066.