Airskin’s Hannes Fuhringer on safe, soft skinned cobots.
Manufacturing cells using robotic automation are traditionally guarded either physically through barriers, virtually through light curtains or proximity sensors, and frequently by a combination of these technologies. Collaborative robotics, however, allows direct human interaction with working industrial robots with complete safety. While cobots are usually purpose built, Airskin has developed a form of soft wrap for standard industrial robots that works with advanced software to make standard robots into collaborative units. Airskin sales manager Hannes Fuhringer demonstrates the system using a KUKA robot to Jim Anderton at Automate 2023.
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