For the first time in Vietnam, industrialists will be able to experience a new working environment where humans and robots can safely perform tasks side-by-side such as assembling components with greater dexterity and flexibility than previous generations of assembly automation.
Intentionally designed to resemble its human counterparts, YuMi has a compact body that requires no more space than a human workstation. Its dual magnesium arms each flex on seven axes to move in human-like fashion without entering a coworker's space unless required. YuMi operates equally effectively side-by-side or face-to-face with its human co-workers. ABB Robotics' implementation of dual-arms, flexible hands, universal parts feeding system, camer-based part location and cutting edge motion control, makes YuMi well suited for small parts assembly environment.
It its core, YuMi has the DNA of safety. Much like a human arm has a skeleton covered with muscles that provide padding, YuMi has a lightweight yet rigid magnesium skeleton covered with a floating plastic casing wrapped in soft padding. This arrangement absorbs the force of any unexpected impacts to a very high degree. Like the human arm, YuMi has no pinch points so that sensitive ancillary parts cannot be crushed between two opposing surfaces as the axes open and close. If YuMi senses an unexpected impact, such as a collision with a coworker, it can pause its motion within milliseconds, and motion can be restarted again as easily as pressing play on a remote control. Even with these inherent safety features, YuMi is incredibly precise and fast, returning to the same point in space over and over again to within 0.02 mm accuracy and moving at a maximum velocity of 1,500 mm/sec. Yumi is designed to handle small parts that require sophistication, accuracy and flexibility, such as supper small parts in hand watch or tablets, hand phones, etc.
ABB Robotics is a leading supplier of industrial robots - also providing robot software, peripheral equipment, modular manufacturing cells and service. A strong solutions focus helps manufacturers improve productivity, product quality and worker safety. ABB has installed more than 250,000 robots worldwide.
For more information about ABB industrial robots, please visit www.abb.com/robotics.
