Human-Robot Collaboration with the ABB YuMi

ABB Robot­ics has con­tin­ued to push the enve­lope of inno­va­tion again and again dur­ing the 40 years it has exist­ed in the robot indus­try. They have done so again with the devel­op­ment of the ABB YuMi, a dual-armed robot that will allow for eas­i­er col­lab­o­ra­tion between humans and robots.

At first glance, YuMi, which stands for ​“you and me”, looks a lot like a head­less human, which is not quite as gross as it may seem. With dual arms that can work togeth­er or sep­a­rate­ly, YuMi from ABB is able to work with a great lev­el of pre­ci­sion, which makes it a per­fect for the con­sumer elec­tron­ics indus­try. What bet­ter than a robot that is able to assem­ble a por­tion of a cell phone or com­put­er using two hands instead of just one? This could mean bet­ter pre­ci­sion for the small parts assem­bly appli­ca­tion or faster cycle times when the appli­ca­tion only calls for one arm, allow­ing the robot to accom­plish twice as much. The robot is so pre­cise that it can thread a nee­dle, accord­ing to ABB Robotics.

How­ev­er, the dual arms of YuMi are not the only thing that has man­u­fac­tur­ers excit­ed. The ABB YuMi sys­tem is one of the first robots designed to work along­side humans in close prox­im­i­ty. YuMi has sev­er­al sen­sors that allow it to see and feel. It is also out­fit­ted with padded arms, which allow for a soft land­ing if it nudges its human coun­ter­part. This improves the human-robot col­lab­o­ra­tion efforts and does away with caging and oth­er fea­tures once nec­es­sary for robots.

Are you inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about ABB Robot­ics’ YuMi sys­tem? If so, then you should call Robots​.com pro­vides robots from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent robot­ics com­pa­nies, includ­ing ABB. Our staff will work with you to help you cus­tomize and inte­grate the per­fect sys­tem for your facil­i­ty, whether it be YuMi or anoth­er robot from the ABB line.

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