Cologne/Hanover, April 24, 2024 – Cell robotics programs are being utilized in increasingly work areas, in e-commerce warehouses in addition to in fashionable eating places. Typical fashions available on the market begin at round 25,000 euros, whereas options with an built-in robotic arm begin at round 70,000 euros. Nonetheless, widespread use out there is commonly unaffordable for small and medium-sized enterprises because of the excessive costs. igus needs to vary this with new low-cost robotics choices and is presenting a sequence of low-cost cell plastic robots on the Hannover Messe.

The marketplace for Automated Guided Autos (AGV) and Autonomous Cell Robots (AMR) is booming: The worldwide marketplace for cell robotics, together with service robotics, is presently value round 20.3 billion US {dollars}, and consultants count on it to nearly double by 2028. ¹ Cell robots are notably widespread in intralogistics and industrial functions. And even within the catering trade or in hospitals, the sensible helpers are more and more making their rounds. That is additionally the case at movement plastics specialist igus: For 4 years now, the plastics consultants have been efficiently testing AGVs in-house – driverless racks that ship mail and deliveries to workplaces, in addition to cell robots in manufacturing that transfer transports and stack-and-turn containers. The expertise gained flows immediately into the event of a brand new low-cost automation product line, the „ReBeL on Wheels“. Their aim: to pave the best way for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make use of cost-effective cell robotics.

Cell ReBeL options for schooling, logistics and repair
The idea of any cell robotics system is the ReBeL. The usage of plastic makes the robotic notably inexpensive at 4,970 euros and, with a useless weight of 8.2 kilograms, the lightest service robotic with cobot operate in its class. All mechanical parts that make up the ReBeL are developed and manufactured by igus with out exception. It has a load capability of two kilograms and a attain of 664 millimetres. Numerous cell programs are deliberate through which the ReBeL is centrally built-in: igus is launching an inexpensive model for the schooling sector for 14,699 euros – together with the robotic arm. The ReBeL EduMove outfitted with a gripper serves as an autonomous studying platform for academic establishments because of open supply. It has a modular design and will be flexibly expanded to incorporate further features resembling lidar, digicam know-how or slam algorithm. One other variant is an automatic guided car system for SMEs. It might carry as much as 30 kilograms. With the elective ReBeL, easy A-to-B positioning will be made. It dispenses with costly sensor know-how and as a substitute depends on 3D sensor know-how developed in-house. The worth is 17,999 euros. As well as, igus shall be showcasing a examine of a service robotic at a low worth in Hanover. The ReBeL Butler is appropriate for easy however time-consuming pick-up and drop-off companies, for instance within the resort and catering trade.

A lighthouse undertaking on wheels
The aim of all these developments is the lighthouse undertaking, a cell robotic with built-in HMI and imaginative and prescient that might even tidy up an workplace by itself. „With this undertaking, we’re pursuing a bottom-to-top technique, through which sure parts resembling security laser scanners should not included within the fundamental bundle in an effort to preserve the worth low,“ explains Alexander Mühlens, approved signatory and head of the low-cost automation enterprise unit at igus. „However, it ensures that the answer will be retrofitted for industrial necessities.“ Amongst different issues, igus is presenting an inexpensive gripper with a big stroke and journey this 12 months, which gives a excessive diploma of flexibility when gripping completely different geometries. Alexander Mühlens: „The areas of software for this focused low-cost AMR are extraordinarily various and go far past easy transport duties. They embody an enormous vary of functions in varied areas of life, resembling cleansing duties or serving espresso immediately on the office.“