Protecting operators and enhancing robot safety

ABB’s SafeMove robotic safety solution can make ABB’s other industrial robots also work collaboratively. SafeMove safeguards operators by replacing physical barriers like fences with virtual barriers such as laser scanners that ensure that a moving robot will never collide with a human because the robot will stop before the collision happens.

Robots are arguably one of the most important components of any flexible automation solution. They are capable of performing any number of applications from Arc Welding to Packaging. To be efficient robots must be able to move quickly making them a potential hazard for people working in their vicinity. Historically, fences or cages have been used to separate man from machine in an effort to keep them out of harm’s way.

Working hand-in-hand with our customers to develop innovative robot safety technologies, ABB introduces SafeMove. It allows for the creation of more efficient and flexible production scenarios and integrates safety fieldbus connectivity into ABB’s IRC5 and OmniCore robot controller family.