ABB's OmniCore Controller

As con­sumer expec­ta­tions con­tin­ue to rise, ABB is bring­ing new and improved ways to help man­u­fac­tur­ers keep their automa­tion sys­tems in-line with the fac­to­ry of the future. This is espe­cial­ly seen with their new­ly announced Omni­Core Con­trollers, built to tack­le the tough­est chal­lenges and fur­ther improve the per­for­mance and reli­a­bil­i­ty of sin­gle robots or entire fleets. This fam­i­ly of con­trollers will sup­port the ²⁴⁄₇ oper­a­tion needs where time to mar­ket, high through­put, and yield are imper­a­tive to stay competitive.

Unlock the Full Potential

The Omni­Core con­trollers will help unlock the full poten­tial of the dig­i­tal and con­nect­ed fac­to­ry where agili­ty is key for this new era of man­u­fac­tur­ing. They offer the broad­est motion con­trol options and increased tai­lored solu­tions for the con­nect­ed Fac­to­ry of the Future. The impres­sive range of con­trollers in the Omni­Core fam­i­ly are built on the her­itage of the IRC5, where ABB’s class lead­ing path accu­ra­cy, high speeds, expert pre­ci­sion, and fast cycle times are the norm. It will also ensure con­ve­nient con­nec­tiv­i­ty and dig­i­tal­iza­tion, improved inter­faces, and a great­ly sim­pli­fied user experience. 

Increase Floor Space Utilization

This new ABB robot con­troller line offers a 50% reduc­tion in size with­out any com­pro­mise to per­for­mance. This helps increase floor space uti­liza­tion and max­i­mize instal­la­tion flex­i­bil­i­ty. It con­tin­ues to bring same big results with the same best-in-class motion con­trol, supe­ri­or pre­ci­sions, short cycle times, and fast speeds. 

There is also a wide array of mount­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties avail­able to pro­vide high­est flex­i­bil­i­ty in pro­duc­tion lay­out (table­top, rack­mount, and ver­ti­cal mount). 

Ver­sa­tile and Expandable

ABB’s Omni­Core is also ver­sa­tile and expand­able as it is equipped with dif­fer­ent offer­ings such as field­bus pro­to­cols, vision solu­tions, and force control. 

Short­er and faster prod­uct cycles mean that peo­ple need to work clos­er and more spo­rad­i­cal­ly with pro­duc­tion process­es. Shut­ting down a robot each time a per­son gets near is not pro­duc­tive. ABB’s new con­troller is well pre­pared for this with SafeMove 2, a soft­ware solu­tion that turns indus­tri­al robots into col­lab­o­ra­tive robots, keep­ing peo­ple safe and robots productive. 

Also built into the new con­troller are ABB Abil­i­ty dig­i­tal plat­form, ABB Abil­i­ty Con­nect­ed Ser­vices, and Robot­Ware 7, the most pow­er­ful and intu­itive oper­at­ing sys­tem. Robot­Ware 7’s fea­tures and func­tions make the robots more capa­ble than ever. 

Intu­itive FlexPendant

The inter­face for the con­trollers is a mod­ern, pow­er­ful, and intu­itive Flex­Pen­dant that has exten­sive cus­tomiza­tion pos­si­bil­i­ties. It is an ergonom­i­cal­ly designed large mul­ti-touch dis­play with stan­dard ges­tures such as pinch, swipe, and tap. It also is hot swap­pable to help accel­er­ate robot deploy­ment and main­te­nance; you can unplug dur­ing oper­a­tion and share it among sev­er­al robots.

It is an excit­ing time in indus­tri­al robot man­u­fac­tur­ing with great chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties that we have nev­er had before. ABB’s robots and con­trollers are going to change the way we look at man­u­fac­tur­ing. They excel at cre­at­ing prod­ucts that con­duct tasks in a high­ly effi­cient man­ner, deliv­er­ing unsur­passed flex­i­bil­i­ty, con­nec­tiv­i­ty, and per­for­mance capa­bil­i­ties. This con­troller fam­i­ly is cur­rent­ly designed to sup­port the new small robots, includ­ing YuMi. The oth­er ABB robots com­pat­i­bil­i­ty will be rolled out gradually. 

If you are inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the Omni­Core con­trollers, con­tact Robots​.com experts today. We take pride in our cus­tomer ser­vice and abil­i­ty to find the per­fect solu­tion for people’s exact needs. Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives can be reached online or at 877−762−6881.