En revolution inom intralogistik
Cognibotics lanserade den banbrytande HKM 1800
I sitt sökande efter den perfekta robotcontrollern stötte det svenska företaget Cognibotics på KeMotion. Deras uppgift var att lösa utmaningen med att automatisera plock av produkter inom intralogistik med en ny revolutionerande robot. En robot med en oöverträffad kombination av hastighet och räckvidd.
- Första mötet 2022 på automatica 2022
- HKM står för Hybrid Kinematic Manipulator
- Cognibotics grundat 2013
- Fyra gånger snabbare än en människa
- Optimerad för Pick and Place
- Energieffektiv robot tack vare sin design
Första mötet 2022 på automatica 2022
The legendary meeting between Cognibotics and KEBA took place at automatica 2022 in Munich. Fredrik Malmgren, CEO of Cognibotics, started the meeting with a clear statement: „We have decided that we want to use KEBA robotics technology for our product.“ This was because KEBA Industrial Automation had exactly the piece of the puzzle that the Swedish company based in Lund was still missing for the market introduction of its revolutionary high-performance robot, the HKM1800, for material handling: KeMotion, the robotics solution from KEBA based on the Kemro X automation platform.
HKM 1800 - Världens snabbaste Pick and Place Robot
Applikationsexempel
HKM står för Hybrid Kinematic Manipulator
The name is derived from the combination of the advantages of serial and parallel kinematics; it is an innovative hybrid. This design enables the lowest possible moving masses and shortest cycle times over large circular working areas.
„After reading the names of the KEBA software interface calls, we knew that this system was a „real robot controller“ and not a simple robotics add-on for a PLC. “, say the developers from Malmgren‘s team. They spent over two years looking for a suitable controller and platform solution for their HKM1800, a handling robot for order picking that has the potential to revolutionize the entire industry. Malmgren explains: „We needed a mature and complete robotics platform that allowed enough freedom for our specific knowhow. Only the KEBA robotics environment offered this. We were able to easily integrate our technology here. This resulted in a unique product that is not easy to copy.“
Cognibotics grundat 2013
Cognibotics was founded in 2013 by Klas Nilsson with the aim of developing advanced robot technology and state-of-the-art industrial robots for applications in material processing and material handling. Today, more than 40 people work at the company. 15 of them come directly from a scientific background, while many others have decades of practical experience in industrial automation and industrial robotics. „We were never a typical start-up. If you add up the robotics experience of all our colleagues, we can easily reach 100 years,“ says Malmgren.
After the trade fair in June, Cognibotics and KEBA quickly began working together – The HKM should be launched on the market within a year. Michael Garstenauer, Product Manager at KEBA, explains: „Cognibotics‘ challenge was that they wanted to enter a productive sector with high demands in terms of reliability, service, spare parts availability and technology with their HKM1800.“
“By using the KEBA robotics solution, we were able to reduce our development time by a factor of four.”
Fyra gånger snabbare än en människa
Optimerad för Pick and Place
Energieffektiv robot tack vare sin design
The low mass makes the HKM a very energy-efficient robot. The robot arm only weighs around 25 kg, which means that it consumes a minimum of energy when moving. As a result, it can accelerate and decelerate quickly without major energy losses or heat generation. This results in reduced energy costs and simplifies installation procedures. “We see brand owners increasing interest in these environmental features to strengthen their brands, that is using this very energy efficient robot.”
KEBA’s Product Manager Garstenauer states: “We are proud to be part of the HKM1800. This project demonstrates how our customers can implement their core technology based on our mature and powerful KeMotion robot platform and bring their product to market quickly and reliably.” With this project, KEBA was able to lay the foundation for the performance of Cognibotics, including servo drives, robot-specific safety technology, motion planners, program interpreters, mobile operating solutions and interfaces for system integration.