Composite robot is a type of robot that integrates the functions of AGV mobile robot and general industrial robot. In the industrial field, general industrial robots are called robotic arms or manipulators, mainly replacing the grasping function of human arms. AGV mobile robots replace the walking function of human legs and feet. Composite robots use both hands and feet to combine these two functions.

Application areas of AGV+collaborative robots

In specific application scenarios in the 3C industries such as electronics, semiconductors, medical, daily chemical, and mechanical processing. Various types of AGV+robotic arm combinations have been maturely applied, including multi joint robots, Cartesian coordinate robots, SCARA robots, and collaborative robots. Relatively speaking, AGV+cooperative robots (also known as composite robots) are more sophisticated and can be applied to more complex and high-precision environments, attracting market attention.

In addition, AGV+collaborative robots can be quickly deployed in many scenarios such as automated factories, warehouse sorting, and automated commodity supermarkets., Provide automated and flexible operational support for the automatic handling, loading and unloading, and sorting of materials.

AGV+Collaborative Robot Case

The material transfer in the original production line of an electronics factory in Shenzhen was completed by manual towing, and AGV+collaborative robots were introduced to achieve automatic communication between single workstations. Firstly, the AGV car with a robotic arm removes the workpiece from the front workbench and sends it to the inspection station for unloading. Then, the device undergoes size and appearance inspections. After the inspection is completed, the robot sends the workpiece to the next inspection station for inspection. The application of composite robots can improve production quality, reduce human errors, increase work efficiency by 20%, and save about 15% of workspace.

AGV+robotic arm=composite robot?

Many people think that composite robots are a simple combination of AGV cars and robotic arms, but it's not that easy. Mick Limei believes that one of the biggest challenges for AGV+robotic arm hybrid robots is technology, and the configuration of collaborative robots and AGVs requires development companies to master both technologies simultaneously. How to make them work together stably is also one of the difficulties that needs to be overcome. Usually, the application scenarios of composite robots are quite complex. In specific scenarios, it is necessary to complete tasks such as material handling, transportation, and retrieval, as well as join the production line to undertake processing operations for specific occupations. Therefore, composite robots have higher requirements for the environmental adaptability of AGV vehicles.

Composite robots usually do not use traditional magnetic navigation AGVs and tend to choose more advanced navigation methods, such as MIKELIMEI SLAM laser navigation AGVs. Compared with other navigation methods, SLAM laser guided AGV has the following advantages: autonomous path planning, autonomous navigation, completely trackless and free path walking, greatly improving the flexibility of composite robots.