The Motoman HC10 offers Safety and Flexibility

Motoman’s new col­lab­o­ra­tive robot, the six-axis HC10, offers flex­i­ble and afford­able task automa­tion. Motoman has a long his­to­ry of design­ing robots that are durable, reli­able, and offer min­i­mal down­time and the col­lab­o­ra­tive HC10 offers all of that and more! 

Col­lab­o­ra­tive robots were designed to help increase pro­duc­tiv­i­ty when work­ing with humans, while also ensur­ing ulti­mate safe­ty and an effec­tive un-caged work envi­ron­ment. The Motoman HC10 brings all of the above and more.

It offers a 10kg pay­load, 1,200 mm reach, and can tack­le a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions such as mate­r­i­al han­dling, machine tend­ing, or light assem­bly tasks. There are a vari­ety of func­tion-spe­cif­ic tool­ing options avail­able based on spe­cif­ic needs on the pro­duc­tion line.

The HC10 also has sev­er­al safe­ty fea­tures ensur­ing the utmost safe­ty when work­ing with or near human work­ers. For exam­ple, the Motoman HC10 has pow­er and force lim­it­ing tech­nol­o­gy that enables it to stop in the event of con­tact with an oper­a­tor. It has through-arm util­i­ties to help hide cabling and increase safe­ty by reduc­ing snag­ging or inter­fer­ence with oth­er equip­ment. The HC10 was also designed to elim­i­nate oper­a­tor pinch points and has dual torque sen­sors in all joints to help mon­i­tor force con­stant­ly and enable a quick reac­tion to contact.

The HC10 is high­ly con­fig­urable; users can also hand-guide the HC10 robot to teach it new pro­gram paths with the Easy Teach soft­ware. This soft­ware enables quick deploy­ment or rede­ploy­ment on demand which helps to decrease down­time and increase over­all ROI.

Advan­tages of the HC10 don’t stop there, the cycle times are opti­mized based upon risk assess­ment and process require­ments, whether the robot is oper­at­ing at full speed or col­lab­o­ra­tive speed.

Con­trol­ling the HC10 robot is the high-per­for­mance but com­pact YRC1000 con­troller. It has improved design fea­tures to help the ergonom­ics and decrease the weight. The YRC1000 con­troller also increas­es work effi­cien­cy with its 50% improved I/O com­mu­ni­ca­tion speeds. It also has a sin­gle con­troller-to-robot cable to help improve cable reli­a­bil­i­ty. If that isn’t enough, this new con­troller is built to a glob­al stan­dard and doesn’t require a trans­former for input volt­ages rang­ing from 380 VAC to 480 VAC. 

If you are look­ing for a col­lab­o­ra­tive robot, the HC10 is the choice for you! Con­tact Robots​.com experts online or at 877−762−6881 to find out how it will bring your pro­duc­tion line flex­i­bil­i­ty, cost sav­ings, space sav­ings, and more!