Advantages and benefits of cable robotics
The automation of operations is one of the biggest challenges when optimising efficiency in industries. Currently, handling in large workspaces is still carried out with traditional manual cranes due to the limitations of commercial robots; they have limited working space.
- Cable-driven parallel robotics is a cost-effective and versatile solution to this problem. These robots can be automated or manually controlled, and precisely position any type of tool or even another anthropomorphic robot in large workspaces.
- Using only cables, these systems bear external loads efficiently, offering an innovative and cost-effective alternative for handling in large industrial areas.
Applications
- Full control of the position and orientation of the load while it is being handled (six degrees of freedom control).
- Precise handling and movement of the load with no oscillation in any direction and in any orientation.
- Automation of operations throughout the production plant.
- Improved plant safety.
- Only one operator is required to control the flexible robotic crane.
- Suitable for outdoor applications and marine environments.
- Various configurations are possible: integrated into columns or overhead cranes, reaching large horizontal or vertical surfaces.
The versatility of cable-driven parallel robotics in various industries
- Automation of wind turbine blade sanding.
- Automated or semi-automated handling of bus body side panels.
- Mounting a robotic arm on a cable system to carry out precise tasks in large workspaces.
- Advanced logistics optimisation.
- Additive manufacturing of building components on an industrial scale.
- Development of a cable-driven robot for vertical operations in building and façade maintenance.
- Implementation of a robotic platform for seabed cleaning using cable-driven technology.
Speakers
- Mariola Rodríguez: Project Management in Production Resources and Robotics / TECNALIA
- Pierre-Elie Herve: Senior Researcher in Production Resources and Robotics / TECNALIA