Onrobot在ATX West释放壁虎抓手（基于NASA技术）

Onrobot，a global leader in end-of-arm tooling for collaborative robots, announced today it will be co-exhibiting next month withFutura Automation at the ATX West show，2月5日至7日，在加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆市。壁虎抓手，它使用了数百万的微尺度的纤维茎，它们使用强大的范德华力粘附在表面上，就像壁虎爬升一样。

独特的New Gripper提供了真空解决方案的具有成本效益的替代品，用触觉技术代替压缩空气，与壁虎攀爬相同的方式粘附。Onrobot还将展示新的RG2-ft抓手，这是第一个使用内置力/扭矩传感看到和感觉物体的智能抓手。

在ATX展览会上首次展示，壁虎抓手让机器人可以在现有的抓地力（如真空吸引力）等现有抓地力的情况下拾取平坦，光滑的物体，这些物体需要昂贵，强大的且笨重的压缩空气。壁虎抓手与任何类型的机器人界面界面，可以在八个月内节省成本来支付电力以单独压缩空气。现在被卖给了全球制造公司，壁虎夹具可以贴在各种表面上，包括真空吸引者无法处理的脆弱物品。壁虎抓手还提供了比静电夹具的竞争优势，静电抓手较弱，需要高压系统才能操作。

基于南半球本地的敏捷壁虎蜥蜴，在其最初的设计中，壁虎从斯坦福大学的研究项目发展为NASA Jet Propulsion Lab通过多个行业合作。original NASA use-case was for salvaging and repairing satellites such as solar panels, given the Gecko Gripper’s unique ability to operate in a vacuum. Perception Robotics created the first industrial grippers with new polymer research that increased gripping strength by 5X. Perception was then acquired by OnRobot, which is dedicated to developing and commercializing innovation that helps manufacturers take full advantage of collaborative robotics.

“市场反应壁虎爪extremely positive,” says Kristian Hulgard, OnRobot’s General Manager for Americas. “We see the gripper now challenging traditional application and material handling design in a wide range of delicate tasks such as picking up porous and fragile objects like PCB boards,” says Hulgard, explaining that the Gecko Gripper excels at picking up objects with holes that vacuum grippers can’t address as they lose suction when air passes through openings in the object.

除了壁虎抓手外，Onrobot还将有其rg2-fton display at ATX, a new gripper now generally available to manufacturers around the world. An update to OnRobot’s first edition, the RG2-FT now has built-in force/torque sensing, supporting work in piece detection and centering. With inbuilt 6 axis F/T and proximity laser sensors at the fingertips, the RG2-FT is the first intelligent gripper on the market that can see and feel objects, thus ensuring faster deployment of collaborative applications and ultimately higher productivity.

“The RG2-FT gripper is a sophisticated—yet entirely accessible—new piece of technology that manufacturers with tasks such as assembly, insertion, and quality inspection are now requesting,” says Hulgard. “The intelligent force feedback provided by the gripper’s sensors will also help operators in adjusting their applications for optimal design and positioning.” OnRobot products come in North America through a rapidly expanding合作伙伴网络。

Established in 2015, the company merged with Perception Robotics and OptoForce in 2018, followed by a recent acquisition of Purple Robotics. Now, the OnRobot product range features a wide assortment of robot equipment, including: electric grippers, force/torque sensors, gecko grippers, and tool changers. This new combination of offerings from OnRobot makes it quicker and simpler to automate tasks such as packaging, quality control, materials handling, machine operation, assembly, and welding. The company plans to grow through more acquisitions in the coming years. Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, OnRobot’s North American office is located in Dallas, TX. The company also has offices in Germany, China, Malaysia, and Hungary. For more information, visitwww.onrobot.com。