unimate fmr
CONTACT DETAILS
Company: UNIMATE SYSTEMS, S.L.
Contact: Cástor González
Phone: +34 633 075 754
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Unimate Flexible Mobile Robot is a flexible, mobile robotic system that combines collaborative robotics, 3D vision, and AGV (automated guided vehicle) technology, enabling a robot to move autonomously around the industrial plant and operate in different workstations with great precision.
This solution facilitates the flow of parts in industrial environments, collaborating safely with operators and performing tasks such as loading, unloading, and handling parts.
The system breaks with the rigidity of fixed workstations, bringing mobility and flexibility to production processes and adapting to changing work environments.
SOLUTION AND TECHNOLOGIES
Unimate is a flexible mobile robot that combines collaborative robotics, machine vision, and autonomous navigation, offering an advanced solution for industrial process automation.
The system integrates a collaborative robotic arm that enables safe interaction with operators, enabling collaborative work in handling and assembly tasks. This direct collaboration with personnel increases the robot’s versatility and expands its range of applications.
Unimate is equipped with 3D vision technology, which allows it to precisely locate parts, identify work positions, and perform pick and place operations with great accuracy. This capability is especially useful in loading, unloading, and assembly processes.
In addition, the robot features an integrated AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle), which provides autonomous movement between different workstations, dynamically adapting to changes in the production environment.
The solution is complemented by autonomous navigation and vision-guided positioning systems, which ensure the robot moves and positions itself precisely at each intervention point, minimizing risks and optimizing cycle times.
The entire system has been developed in compliance with industrial safety regulations, ensuring safe operations both during robot movements and during handling and assembly tasks.
Contributed innovation
Unimate represents a breakthrough in industrial automation by combining autonomous mobility, collaborative robotics, and advanced vision into a single solution, enabling production to adapt to the changing needs of industrial plants.
Its operational flexibility is one of its key added values, as the robot can move autonomously between different workstations, optimizing resource use and adapting to production variability.
Thanks to the integration of the AGV with the collaborative arm, Unimate automates loading, unloading, and part handling tasks, improving the internal flow of materials and reducing waiting times between stations.
The 3D vision system provides precision in positioning and handling operations, ensuring the correct execution of critical tasks, such as component assembly and the picking and placing of parts at specific points.
Furthermore, this mobile and flexible automation contributes to reducing operating costs by minimizing downtime and improving overall plant performance, thereby optimizing robotic resources based on actual production needs.
With this proposal, Unimate positions itself as a pioneering solution for the automation of logistics and production processes in dynamic industrial environments, offering mobility, precision, and adaptability as key elements for transforming factories toward the Industry 4.0 model.
