Robotic end-of-arm tooling (EoAT) manufacturer OnRobot has announced the launch of a new Soft Gripper.
The solution is designed to pick a wide array of irregular shapes and delicate items in food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals production, as well as manufacturing and packaging.
It uses three interchangeable silicon-moulded cups in star and four-finger configurations to pick up small objects under 2.2kg.
The electric Soft Gripper is food-grade certified – it complies with FDA 21 CFR for non-fatty items and EC 1935/2004 – and requires no external air supply.
OnRobot CEO, Enrico Krog Iversen, said: “Our new Soft Gripper is challenging existing solutions for picking hard-to-grasp, delicate and odd-sized items.
“Unlike proprietary solutions, the Soft Gripper offers seamless integration with most collaborative robots and light industrial robots through our One System Solution.”
OnRobot’s One System Solution is a platform that provides a unified mechanical and electrical interface between leading robot arms and any OnRobot EoAT.
It has been expanded to include integration with robots from ABB Robotics and Hanwha Precision Machinery.
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