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Assembly & Testing Technology

Collaborative system

A new era in production – collaboration between humans and robots

AKE, together with a partner, developed a collaborative system for assembling connectors. We use the YuMi two-armed robot, which works hand in hand with its human colleague without any protective devices.

Hybrid assembly processes with collaborative robots

The worker performs the steps requiring dexterity and human intuition , such as the pre-assembly of the components . He then hands the component over to the YuMi robot. In our collaborative solutions, the robot is used for tiring tasks that nevertheless high precision and consistency . The robot handles specific positioning tasks where exact and repeatable work is paramount, as well as ergonomically challenging tasks.

Through a thorough and comprehensive safety assessment and a specialized safety concept , potential hazards in human-robot collaboration were eliminated.

In this way, we created a safe environment for this revolutionary type of production, combining the best of both worlds.