The complexity of the Motoman SK16

Intro­duced in 1994, the Motoman SK16 robot was ahead of its time. It had increased per­for­mance like had nev­er been seen in a Motoman robot before. So, what made that increase in per­for­mance pos­si­ble, you ask? That’s sim­ple – the parts that make up the SK-16, like the speed reduc­ers, the ac ser­vo­mo­tors, the wrist unit and the inter­nal wiring.

The speed reduc­ers on the S, L, U and R axes, part num­bers HW9280631‑A, HW9280614‑A and HW9370855‑A, work to help the robot move more effi­cient­ly. The speed reduc­ers decrease the out­put from the motors while increas­ing the torque, which helps the robot to work in a more flu­id motion.

The ser­vo motors for the SK 16, part num­bers HW9380768‑A, HW9380635‑A and HW9380837‑A, are locat­ed on the S, L, U and R axes as well, and work in con­junc­tion with the speed reduc­ers to improve the func­tion­al­i­ty of the sys­tem over­all. With­out the ser­vo­mo­tors, the robots would not be able to move.

While ser­vo­mo­tors and the speed reduc­ers are involved in mov­ing the entire robot­ic arm, the wrist unit, part num­ber HW9171193‑A, is only con­cerned with the end effec­tor and the part of the robot that manip­u­lates the work pieces on a pro­duc­tion line.

Final­ly, the robot is run by inter­nal wiring, part num­bers HW9170901‑A and HW9370774‑A, that sup­plies pow­er and infor­ma­tion to the SK-16 robot by con­nect­ing it to the robot­ic con­troller and the pow­er sup­ply for the system.

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