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Even maximum speed collisions in free space are well under the ISO force limits for operator safety.
Designed from the ground up with collaborative applications in mind, these robots represent a new generation of automation specifically optimized for safe, desktop use without requiring large expensive safety barriers that impede productivity. These mechanisms will not injure a user or damage equipment even if there are accidental full speed collisions. However, in order to use a robot in an application without safety shields, the application as a whole (including end effectors, operation methods, objects being handled and obstacles in the workcell) must be evaluated for safety.
All Precise robots feature an embedded motion control and power supplies as well as internally routed service harnesses. Combined with these robots' ability to collaboratively operate without safety shielding, these unique designs greatly reduce the cost and space requirements in automated workcells. Operators can access these cells even while these robots are in motion, greatly increasing productivity. These features permit the development of new cost saving workcell designs in traditional robot applications as well as the creation of new, never before automated non-traditional robot applications.
Brian Powell, Vice President of Sales and Operations, states, "The TUV certification is further proof of the unique capabilities that our robots have to offer. Unlike many collaborative robots, which are intrinsically dangerous machines operating in a collaborative mode, Precise's robots were designed with a new type of collaborative user and environment in mind. We have hundreds of collaborative robots working in a variety of different non-traditional automation environments, all of which have been approved by safety professionals and organizations to operate without any type of shielding. We will continue to leverage our robots' collaborative capabilities to develop innovative automation solutions for an even wider variety of applications that couldn't be automated with traditional robotics."
