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Common Robots just lately introduced a change to the M8 connector on all of its e-Sequence collaborative robotic arms (cobots). The connecter was modified from a male model to a feminine model. It stated the deliberate implementation will take impact in manufacturing cobots by the tip of the primary quarter of 2024.

Common Robots, the world’s main developer of cobot arms, stated it additionally replace the software cap to suit with the brand new feminine model of the M8 connecter. The connector will likely be contained in the software cap as illustrated within the photos above. Common Robots stated it’s going to present an adapter (15 cm adaptor cable, male – male M8) to melt the transition and allow instruments with the present connector kind.

“This [connector change] was launched as it’s a extra sturdy design and brings the e-Sequence to match the brand new UR20/UR30 design so UR+ instruments and any finish effector connectors that use the software port will likely be appropriate with each {hardware} generations,” a Common Robots spokesperson informed The Robotic Report.

Common Robots stated detailed details about the implantation date will likely be introduced throughout Q1 2024.

The UR30 cobot was launched in November 2023. It’s constructed on the identical structure because the UR20, however the UR30 gives extra payload capability in a compact footprint. With a 30 kg (66.13 lb.) lifting capability, 1,300 mm (51.2 in.) attain, and weight of 63.5 kg (139.9 lb.), the corporate stated the UR30 can have a tendency bigger machines, palletize heavy merchandise and help high-torque screwdriving.

“We noticed some functions the place the UR20 was too large,” Anders Billesø Beck, vp of technique and innovation at Common Robots, informed The Robotic Report when the UR30 was unveiled. “We’ve discovered that superb mixture of dimension and energy.”

Common Robots is owned by Teradyne, an automated take a look at gear designer and producer based mostly in North Studying, Massachusetts. Teradyne will likely be releasing its monetary outcomes for the fourth quarter and full yr 2023 on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Teradyne additionally owns Energid (movement management software program) and Cellular Industrial Robots (autonomous cellular robots). Teradyne merged AutoGuide Cellular Robots with Cellular Industrial Robots in late 2022.

Ujjwal Kumar, who was named president of Teradyne Robotics in mid-2023, is keynoting our Robotics Summit & Expo. Happening Might 1-2 in Boston, the Robotics Summit is the world’s main occasion for industrial robotics builders. Over his 25-plus-year profession, Kumar has scaled companies at main multinationals together with Common Motors, Common Electrical, and Honeywell. On this keynote on Might 2 from 9-9:45 AM, he’ll share some classes he has realized and the way they are often utilized to speed up the transformation of trade with robotics.

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