Extended Reach Robots

One of the many rea­sons that com­pa­nies switch from man­u­al labor to robot­ic labor for some jobs is because of the robot’s extend­ed reach – a reach that could not be recre­at­ed by a human, unless that human was Inspec­tor Gad­get. How­ev­er, while robots can reach rather far on their own, com­pa­nies like Motoman, KUKA, Fanuc, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB have spe­cial robot mod­els that extend that reach even fur­ther to meet all of their cus­tomers’ needs.

Extend­ed reach robots are use­ful in many sit­u­a­tions, espe­cial­ly for mate­r­i­al han­dling and dis­pens­ing appli­ca­tions. A robot that has a hor­i­zon­tal reach of almost 2000mm can extend its reach even fur­ther by being able to do a back bend, of sorts, giv­ing it the abil­i­ty to reach 2000mm in any direc­tion, not just the direc­tion it is fac­ing. This means that the robot­ic system’s extend­ed reach allows it to pro­vide cus­tomers with more flex­i­ble automa­tion lay­outs and designs when inte­grat­ing their system.

In the case of dis­pens­ing, extend­ed reach robot sys­tems are extreme­ly impor­tant because of their abil­i­ty to reach down into a car body or oth­er work piece from a shelf and apply the cor­rect amount of mate­r­i­al nec­es­sary for that work piece. Because of the extend­ed reach, these robots can often get into nooks and cran­nies that the human arm would not be able to reach on their own.

Does it sound like an extend­ed reach robot sys­tem is what your com­pa­ny has been search­ing for? If so, you should give Robots​.com a call. Robots​.com pro­vides solu­tions from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent robot­ics com­pa­nies, includ­ing ABB, Fanuc, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and Motoman. Our staff will work with you to help you design the per­fect extend­ed reach robot­ic sys­tem for your facil­i­ty and budget.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Robots​.com online or at 877−762−6881.