ActiNav autonomously inserts parts into CNC or processing machines such as drilling, deburring, welding, trimming or tapping. The high-resolution 3D sensor and CAD matching enables high-accuracy picks powered by ActiNav’s Autonomous Motion Module (AMM) that determines how to pick the part, then controls the robot to pick the part and place it in a fixture each time. The autonomous motion control enables ActiNav to operate inside deep bins that hold more parts; something that standalone bin picking vision systems struggle to accomplish.
IDC’s Research Director covering robotics, Remy Glaisner, is closely following the market for automated machine tending solutions. “Today more than ever, technology users are looking to preserve the integrity and continuity of business operations,” he says. “In that context, simplifying the integration or redeployment of highly flexible robotic systems becomes a critical capability for manufacturers and other industrial users. In many ways, ActiNav will set a new level of operational expectations regarding the future of intelligent systems.”
ActiNav is now launching in the U.S., Mexico and Canada with worldwide availability to be announced later in the year.