www.ptreview.co.uk
04
'25
Written on Modified on
KEBA's Robotics Solution for AUTONOX
KEBA partnered with AUTONOX Robotics to provide the KeMotion robotics solution for testing control-independent robot mechanics, ensuring performance and quality for their products.
www.keba.com
The paths of KEBA and autonox Robotics crossed in 2016. At that time, the German company, founded in 2002 and based in Willstätt, Baden-Württemberg, was increasingly faced with the challenge of testing its control-independent robot mechanics with suitable controls. Due to the rapidly growing portfolio and the associated endurance runs, the available controls quickly became scarce.
KEBA's role in portfolio hedging
Significant progress was already achieved in the first joint project phase. The collaboration with KEBA helped autonox to operate a wide range of different robot types in practical application scenarios at an early stage. This contributed to securing the portfolio in terms of performance and quality. The new control cabinet supported both 2-axis and 6-axis mechanisms and different motor sizes, thus providing the ideal basis for systematically testing mechanisms. This flexible design of the control cabinet enabled realistic tests under different conditions and requirements.
Fast real-world implementation thanks to KEBA's simulation tool
A joint customer project was implemented within two months: autonox and KEBA worked on a robot cell with the first four-axis delta robot with a payload of 3 kilograms. KEBA contributed the open and scalable robotics control system and servo motors, in a control cabinet size that was unprecedentedly small while offering maximum performance. The control cabinet was even up to 50 percent smaller than solutions with comparable drive technology performance, thanks to the compact KeDrive D3 system.
Preparations for the actual implementation at KEBA were first based on simulation in KeStudio. The sensational result was achieved after only two days of optimization work on the customer test machine: The DELTA mechanism with double gripper and KEBA control achieved 170 products per minute quickly and smoothly. Comparable products on the market usually managed 130 products per minute. In addition, the indexing belt was used, which means that in KEBA controls, an indexing belt is treated like a normal servo axis, but is given a clock-synchronous motion logic. Thanks to integrated tracking functions, the robot works seamlessly and the line achieves high quantities with precise positioning.
Open robot systems drive industrial robotics forward
From the outset, autonox was convinced that the further development of industrial robotics would be driven primarily by open robot systems. Closed systems, on the other hand, can limit innovation because they make adjustments and enhancements difficult.
Another significant advantage of open systems is the customer benefit: they make it possible to rely on specialized partners who contribute their respective expertise in a targeted manner. KEBA, for example, focuses on the development of high-performance control technology, while autonox plays to its strengths in the design and manufacture of robot mechanics. This clear division of roles creates trust and offers customers a high degree of investment security and technological advancement at a high level.
Long-term testing with KeMotion for innovations
The collaboration between autonox and KEBA continued steadily after the successful first project phase. Further joint customer projects and research activities followed, with the aim of further optimizing the performance and user-friendliness of the systems.
The combination of the wide variety of product variants of autonox kinematics and the powerful and flexible controls, drive systems, and control panels from KEBA proved to be technically robust and reliable. It enables intuitive operation while meeting high requirements for system stability—an essential aspect for industrial use. At the same time, autonox is continuously expanding its range of kinematics to meet changing customer requirements and open up new application possibilities.
www.keba.com
KEBA's role in portfolio hedging
Significant progress was already achieved in the first joint project phase. The collaboration with KEBA helped autonox to operate a wide range of different robot types in practical application scenarios at an early stage. This contributed to securing the portfolio in terms of performance and quality. The new control cabinet supported both 2-axis and 6-axis mechanisms and different motor sizes, thus providing the ideal basis for systematically testing mechanisms. This flexible design of the control cabinet enabled realistic tests under different conditions and requirements.
Fast real-world implementation thanks to KEBA's simulation tool
A joint customer project was implemented within two months: autonox and KEBA worked on a robot cell with the first four-axis delta robot with a payload of 3 kilograms. KEBA contributed the open and scalable robotics control system and servo motors, in a control cabinet size that was unprecedentedly small while offering maximum performance. The control cabinet was even up to 50 percent smaller than solutions with comparable drive technology performance, thanks to the compact KeDrive D3 system.
Preparations for the actual implementation at KEBA were first based on simulation in KeStudio. The sensational result was achieved after only two days of optimization work on the customer test machine: The DELTA mechanism with double gripper and KEBA control achieved 170 products per minute quickly and smoothly. Comparable products on the market usually managed 130 products per minute. In addition, the indexing belt was used, which means that in KEBA controls, an indexing belt is treated like a normal servo axis, but is given a clock-synchronous motion logic. Thanks to integrated tracking functions, the robot works seamlessly and the line achieves high quantities with precise positioning.
Open robot systems drive industrial robotics forward
From the outset, autonox was convinced that the further development of industrial robotics would be driven primarily by open robot systems. Closed systems, on the other hand, can limit innovation because they make adjustments and enhancements difficult.
Another significant advantage of open systems is the customer benefit: they make it possible to rely on specialized partners who contribute their respective expertise in a targeted manner. KEBA, for example, focuses on the development of high-performance control technology, while autonox plays to its strengths in the design and manufacture of robot mechanics. This clear division of roles creates trust and offers customers a high degree of investment security and technological advancement at a high level.
Long-term testing with KeMotion for innovations
The collaboration between autonox and KEBA continued steadily after the successful first project phase. Further joint customer projects and research activities followed, with the aim of further optimizing the performance and user-friendliness of the systems.
The combination of the wide variety of product variants of autonox kinematics and the powerful and flexible controls, drive systems, and control panels from KEBA proved to be technically robust and reliable. It enables intuitive operation while meeting high requirements for system stability—an essential aspect for industrial use. At the same time, autonox is continuously expanding its range of kinematics to meet changing customer requirements and open up new application possibilities.
www.keba.com
