Something got dropped off at my Mechatronics lab!
A full sized Kuka industrial robot! All electrical, capable of a payload of 130 lbs.
A bit of background. I'm a student studying Mechatronics, which, before you ask, is a mixture of mechanical and electrical engineering with programming thrown in. Highly focused on manufacturing and automation. Lots of hands on! I was stopping by dropping off take home hardware when I saw that in the window. Not yet hooked up, but it's a big boy compared to our small trainer robots which are only 2-3 feet tall. I'm excited to see what it will be used for. I've programmed the smaller robots and it'll be the same, it's just that this one needs a much bigger cage. Definitely need more caution and safety working with this one. We also got another smaller robot with a vision system. That'll enable it to see objects it's interacting with, instead of just going in blind.
I love my program, we get the coolest things to program and work on! It's a lot of hard work to figure things out but extremely rewarding to see it come to life and work. Does anybody work in manufacturing or automation?
A full sized Kuka industrial robot! All electrical, capable of a payload of 130 lbs.
A bit of background. I'm a student studying Mechatronics, which, before you ask, is a mixture of mechanical and electrical engineering with programming thrown in. Highly focused on manufacturing and automation. Lots of hands on! I was stopping by dropping off take home hardware when I saw that in the window. Not yet hooked up, but it's a big boy compared to our small trainer robots which are only 2-3 feet tall. I'm excited to see what it will be used for. I've programmed the smaller robots and it'll be the same, it's just that this one needs a much bigger cage. Definitely need more caution and safety working with this one. We also got another smaller robot with a vision system. That'll enable it to see objects it's interacting with, instead of just going in blind.
I love my program, we get the coolest things to program and work on! It's a lot of hard work to figure things out but extremely rewarding to see it come to life and work. Does anybody work in manufacturing or automation?
