Kawasaki Robotics Incorporated, Wixom, Michigan, USA

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Limited (KHI) on Wikipedia

Products and projects:

Bex, robotic ibex

Friends, humanoid robot

Kaleido, humanoid robot

duAro, dual-arm SCARA robot, cobot

motorcycles with Artificial Intelligence technology

industrial robots

 

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Robotic Grinding

Uploaded on May 25, 2010

The Kawasaki Robot is equipped with quick-change tooling and an electric spindle. The Kawasaki software is utilized to maintain the require force to execute the grinding process.

 

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Painting line for front of Shinkansen rail cars

Published on Jan 8, 2014

 

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Painting line for car bumpers

Published on Jan 8, 2014

 

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Painting of auto exterior

Published on Jan 8, 2014

 

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Plastic Mold Extraction & Assembly

Published on Mar 6, 2014

Extracting, removing excess plastic, and assembling plastic components with a mold using the FS30L robot.

 

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Tradeshow Complation video

Published on Mar 6, 2014

Trade show video showing various applications and industries such as friction spot welding, painting, material handling, electronics assembly, pick & place, palletizing, human collaborative assembly, and cleanroom dispensing.

 

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Sorting of perilla leaves for packaging with YF03N robot

Published on Mar 29, 2014

The vision guided Kawasaki YF03N robot sorts perilla leaves by sizes for packaging.

 

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Bearing assembly in motorcycle gear box

Published on Aug 4, 2014

Robotic assembly of bearings in a motorcycle gear casing using Kawasaki's soft absorber function. The soft absorber is a software feature that enables the robot end of arm tool (EAOT) to move when external force is applied to it. It allows for assembly applications where compliance is required between the parts being assembled. In this video, the robot carries the gear casing over the bearing fixture, transitions to soft absorber mode and lets the bearing press force the casing down on the bearing.

 

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, all stainless steel medical robot

Published on Nov 26, 2014

 

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Kawasaki R Series robot machine loading

Published on Mar 23, 2015

Robot 'first timer' meets exponential growth in marine pump demand
The economic viability of its new marine pump and legislation on the use of heavy fuels in international waters has increased production demand exponentially for Separator Spares International (UK) Ltd. To maintain its competitiveness and meet demand the Isle of Wight based manufacturer has installed its first robot, a Kawasaki R Series, to load and unload parts from two 4 axes twin spindle milling machines.
Supplying large ships, SSI specialises in the manufacture and supply of spare parts for pumps and other essential components. Evolving from a supplier of 'O' rings to a manufacturer of high precision pumps, made to its own design, has given SSI a strong reputation for highly efficient products at competitive prices.
"We used to buy all our rotors in while we were developing our own designs and had one 4 axes machine centre to perfect our own manufacturing process," explained Mark Pacy, a member of the SSI production team. Once we had proven the design and process we knew that demand would exceed the single machine so a duplicate was procured with the intention of automating the loading and unloading.
"No robotics skills existed in our company; we were complete novices, so we went out to several leading robot suppliers for help. Kawasaki Robotics offered the same work envelope arm as everyone else but had the benefit of a an extra 5Kg payload which we required. From the first contact we had support in the form of 3D model software for our own system and simulations to prove capability."
SSI wanted to undertake as much of the project as possible and use it as a learning curve in robotics; to support this process they were provided with a list of approved Kawasaki support engineers to assist as required. Alan Thompson, SSI's Machine Shop Foreman, explains, "We thought the machine interface and robot integration was a 'black art' but the engineer quickly completed all requirements. The whole process was more straight-forward than we thought it would be with continual support available from Kawasaki."
Space was at a particular premium at SSI and initial layouts positioned the machines opposite each other; Kawasaki suggested that a side by side machine positioning with the robot gaining access through the side access panels would allow faster setup times for tooling. This allowed an optimum 1.2 metre space for the robot to work in to include component racks and gauging.
The cell is able to handle six variants of rotor which are loaded into magazines to allow for totally unmanned production at night. A single gripper design allows handling of all variants from 15 mm to 38 mm diameter.
"Our approach to everything was to keep it simple," continued Alan, "the gripper saves us changeover time and the magazines and programme selection are all we need to address during set-up. Utilising the robot to the full we use it to slide open and shut the side access door of each machine to avoid using actuators and should a jam occur in the gravity-fed magazine the robot can operate a slide hammer to vibrate the two magazine locations. Gauging is also managed by the robot on every component prior to loading."
Mark Pacy believes they have proved it is well within their capability to implement further robot installations and get it right, "Payback is looking to be particularly good on the robot and although it's too early to be precise we expect it to be under a year; we are already looking at the next operation downstream from the first cell.
"In summary the robot has proved to be a 'no brainer' solution for SSI; it's helped us to increase production and, as a result, to take on more people to keep the robot fed. And, as for our business, it has ensured we are the most competitive supplier in the World."

 

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Document Packing Application with Kawasaki duAro Robot

Published on Jul 13, 2015

Kawasaki’s new duAro robot, a dual-arm SCARA robot, demonstrates a file packing application by inserting documents into plastic protective files, then neatly stacking them. The human-sized duAro robot is designed to safely work side by side with human workers and can fit in just about any space that a human worker occupies, in an office space or a production line. Users can easily program the duAro by holding the robot’s arms, teaching it the movements required by leading it through them. The robot can be programmed for a variety of assembly and material handling applications.

 

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Kawasaki knows manufacturing

Published on Jul 17, 2015

We have over 45 years of experience developing robots that improve manufacturing productivity and quality for both our customers, and ourselves - see Kawasaki robots weld the frame of the new Kawasaki Ninja H2R motorcycle.

 

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Published on Dec 17, 2015

With more than 139,000 robots installed worldwide, Kawasaki Robotics is a leading supplier of industrial robots and robotic automation systems with a broad product portfolio, able to service a wide range of applications across diverse industries.

 

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Kawasaki Robotics at International Robot Exhibition (iREX) 2015

Published on Jan 14, 2016

Video of Kawasaki Robotics' exhibits at iREX 2015, which was held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, from December 2 to 5, 2015. Exhibits showcased a variety of applications for a wide range of industries, including circuit board assembly, high-speed and heavy payload palletizing, electronic device performance tests, 3D bin picking, food processing and packing, car body assembly, painting, and medical robots.

Check out the new Kawasaki robots used in some of these applications: the "duAro' dual-arm SCARA robots which can coexist with humans for work operations, and the high rigidity MG10HL robot with a 1000 kg payload capacity.

 

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SilentMOD & Kawasaki Robots at Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Published on Nov 21, 2016

 

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iREX 2017 overview

Published on Feb 8, 2018

Kawasaki showcased new robots and technologies at the
2017 Inthernational Robot Exhibition (iREX 2017) in Tokyo.

 

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The revolutionary educational robot Kawasaki Robotics ASTORINO

Jul 7, 2022

On 21st-24th of June, the European market premiere of the ASTORINO Kawasaki Robotics educational robot took place at Automatica in München.

What is ASTORINO? ????
https://kawasakirobotics.de/astorino/

“I couldn’t find such a robot, so I invented one…to ensure that learning is inspiring, great fun and a pathway to the profession of the future.” - Marek Niewiadomski, ASTORINO constructor and designer.

- ASTORINO is a 6-axis robot designed for industrial robotics education.

- The robots are safe for users.

- ASTORINO is 3D printed using a robust carbon fibre filament. This means that the robots are lightweight and robust.

- ASTORINO is easy to repair, damaged parts can be printed themselves using the STL files supplied with the robot.

- ASTORINO robots are programmed in AS language - just like Kawasaki Robotics' real industrial robots and prepares pupils and students for enterprise work.

- ASTORINO can be equipped with additional accessories.

- Attractive price and availability makes ASTORINO an awesome solution for every educational institution.