Products of the year 2020/2021Readers' choice: Who are your favorites?
Smart, innovative, trend-setting - that's what the automation industry was like again this year! We have nominated 96 products in twelve categories and put them forward for your vote as "Products of the Year". Which are the most innovative and useful products for you?
The TracePen from Wandelbots makes it possible to assign tasks to robots easily and without programming knowledge. According to the provider, even non-experts can use it to teach robots to perform a task. To do this, the operator simply demonstrates the path to be learned to the robot directly on the workpiece with the wireless 'TracePen' in their hand.
This movement is visualized almost simultaneously by the Wandelbots software in the app belonging to the product. The user can then refine the path intuitively and in the sub-millimeter range on the iPad. It is possible to define for the specific application whether the robot should move from point to point, linearly or in a circle between the defined points. An integrated joint control system allows the user to directly influence the individual robot joints. It is also possible to define a specific safety zone in which the robot is allowed to operate.
If the path meets the requirements for the process step, the app operator transfers it to the robot. The Wandelbots software translates the path into the respective robot-specific programming language. The learned process step can be easily transferred to other robots from other manufacturers.