The Motoman ERC Teach Pendant

While there are many pen­dants out there that have been around for many years, the Motoman ERC teach pen­dant is one of the grand­dad­dies of them all. This mod­el, which looked more like a com­put­er mon­i­tor than today’s mod­ern teach pen­dant, worked with the K series robots from Motoman, which released in 1988.

The ERC pen­dant, part num­bers JZNC-MPP20E and JZNC-MPP21E, con­trolled up to 12 axes, more than any oth­er teach pen­dant at that time. The Motoman ERC also had seam track­ing and mul­ti-lay­er func­tions, mak­ing exter­nal sen­sors and track­ing devices obsolete.

The JZNCMPP20E teach pen­dant weighed 0.9kg, heav­ier than lat­er mod­els, and was equipped with a small­er dis­play than the lat­er hand­held mod­els, and could dis­play only 12 char­ac­ters at a time. The ERC JZNCMPP21E also had a three-posi­tion dead­man​’s han­dle as a safe­ty measure.

As men­tioned above, the Motoman ERC JZNC MPP20E was a step in the right direc­tion for Motoman. While it was the grand­fa­ther of the MRC, and lat­er mod­els like the XRC and beyond, it was def­i­nite­ly an ear­ly mod­el that was ground­break­ing for its time.

Robots​.com has access to parts for the ERC robot con­troller and pen­dant. If you are in need of spare parts, con­tact Robots​.com today online or at 877−762−6881.