Universal Robots, Nitto Kohki's electric driver certified as UR + product Company release | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Electronic version

Release issuing company: Universal Robots AS

30 types of torque can be set with a single driver Universal Robot (Japanese branch representative Tsuyoshi Yamane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as "UR") is Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd. (President: Meisei Ogata, Headquarters: Tokyo) Announced that the electric driver "Delvo" DLV45C developed and manufactured by Ota Ward, hereinafter "Nitto Kohki") has been certified as a peripheral device platform "UR+" product for Universal Robots collaborative robots (hereinafter "UR robots"). To do. "Delvo" DLV45C is an electric screwdriver that can set 30 different torque settings in one unit. Torque setting, which was conventionally performed manually, can be semi-automated by installing it on the UR robot. Since it can be programmed using the software URCap for UR robots, even users unfamiliar with robots can easily set the necessary items such as speed and screw tightening mode. UR+ is a platform for peripherals that can be used with UR robots in a plug-and-play manner. The specifications and interfaces of the robot arm will be made open, and developers will develop peripheral devices such as end effectors, cameras, and sensors that comply with them. After verification and certification by Universal Robots, the developer will sell it as a UR+ product. UR+ products can be set up through the UR robot teach pendant, which saves users and SIers the time and cost of building robot system integration. As of March 2021, more than 400 developers around the world are developing products, and more than 320 products have already been certified as UR+ products. Tsuyoshi Yamane, Representative of Universal Robots Japan Branch, said as follows. “As a pioneer of collaborative robots, Universal Robots always wants to help more users achieve automation more easily and the UR+ program is the embodiment of this. Tokoki has been proposing automation with "hand-held" mechanical tools exclusively for industrial robots, but with the addition of Nitto Kohki's electric screwdrivers to the UR+ products, the screw tightening process, which has been done manually until now, has been eliminated. Automation is possible, and it is highly expected that it will lead to improvements in the user's work environment and quality."Company press releaseDetailsPRTIMES top

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