ABB
Collaboration with Scalable Robotics
Scalable Robotics and ABB enter into a strategic partnership to expand the range of robotic welding solutions.
Scalable Robotics' technology uses 3D image processing and integrated process knowledge to enable customers to easily program welding robots. ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) is the lead investor in Scalable's seed funding round.
Scalable's technology expands ABB's portfolio of solutions that do not require the writing of program code or special programming skills. Welders can show the robot where a weld seam should be applied - the robot then learns the corresponding path independently. Scalable's platform includes a 3D camera in a protective housing at the end of the robot arm and a touchscreen interface that guides users through all the scanning, teaching, validation and fine-tuning steps.
The robot learns the positions of the weld seams by clicking with a stylus on the desired approach, path and starting points. The platform automatically generates a weld path that is validated in RobotStudio, ABB's simulation and programming software. Final changes can then be made before the robot fine-tunes the program and transmits it to the robot controller so that the welding process can be carried out.
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