ATRO wins top three in Hannover Messe Technology Awards
Beckhoff’s latest ATRO modular robot is a modular system that can be flexibly combined according to different application requirements to assemble a robot with the most suitable shape. Defined mechanical and electrical interfaces make the robot assembly fast, precise and tool-free. Beckhoff’s modular software provides good support for the modular robot mechanical structure. In addition to robot motion control, it also provides image processing, artificial intelligence and technology automation. This innovative product has been nominated for the Hermes Award at this year’s Hannover Industrial Fair.
The Beckhoff ATRO team, composed of experts from Beckhoff’s headquarters in Weil and Beckhoff Austria, is very happy to be nominated for the Hermes Award this year, which is a great affirmation of the innovative modular industrial robot system.
The ATRO modular industrial robot beat many other entries and was nominated for the 2023 Hermes Award selected by a jury of experts from politics, business, scientific research institutions and social sectors. Two other innovative products were also nominated. The Hermes Award aims to recognize outstanding products and innovative solutions that have outstanding performance in the field of technological innovation and have made outstanding contributions to promoting industrial transformation, ecological environmental protection and social development. ATRO meets both criteria in every way.
In a statement issued by Deutsche Messe AG, Professor Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer Society and Chairman of the Hermes Award Jury, said: “The overall quality of this year’s entries is very high. The jury was impressed by the innovativeness of the sensor-based robot compensation module, the modular industrial robot system and the multi-user smart building platform, as well as the high efficiency, sustainability and flexibility shown by the nominated entries. All three solutions will be able to bring great impetus to their respective fields and bring lasting changes to their respective application areas.” Hans Beckhoff, President of Beckhoff Automation, which was nominated, added: “Beckhoff Automation is the “spokesman” of innovation, and we seem to have successfully triggered another small robot revolution with the ATRO system. We are very proud of this! I would like to thank our mechanical engineers, electronic hardware engineers and software engineers for their close cooperation in creating our ATRO modular robot!”
Technical advantages
Users can choose from ATRO according to their application needs Choose from the modules and combine them to create any desired robot shape: from simple single-axis rotary indexing tables and Delta robots to multi-joint robots. The holistic perspective that Beckhoff takes when designing the system is decisive for simplifying commissioning and management, because only by integrating the robot directly into the PC-based control system can a truly optimized complete solution for the equipment or factory be achieved. This reduces the number of control components required on each industrial PC, even for controlling multiple robots. All modules are connected to each other via the ATRO interface, which ensures both a rigid connection and the transmission of media.
Therefore, data, power and fluids (compressed air, vacuum or water) are guided and transported internally through the ATRO robot module. On the other hand, traditional robot solutions transport media through external devices, so they are limited in rotation and working space. The Beckhoff solution completely breaks these limitations: each axis can rotate without restrictions, so it has higher spatial accessibility and shorter positioning paths.
About Beckhoff
Beckhoff is a German company focusing on new automation technologies. It was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Weil, Germany. As a global driver of automation technology, Beckhoff has defined many standards in the field of automation and is the setter and promoter of international standards. The company’s industrial PCs, fieldbus modules, drive products and TwinCAT automation software constitute a complete and mutually compatible control system that can provide open automation systems and complete solutions for various industrial control fields. After 40 years of development and hard work, Beckhoff has established more than 30 branches around the world, and with global partners, its business covers more than 70 countries and regions.
Beckhoff entered the Chinese market in 1997. Its China headquarters is located in Shanghai North Hi-Tech Industrial Park. It currently has 300 employees and offices in 30 large and medium-sized cities in China. Innovative products and solutions are widely used in many fields such as wind power generation, semiconductors, photovoltaic solar energy, electronic manufacturing, metal processing, packaging machinery, printing machinery, plastic processing, tire processing, wood processing, glass machinery, logistics and transportation, and building automation.
The EtherCAT real-time industrial Ethernet promoted by the company became China’s national recommended standard in 2014, and has been included in the “Guidelines for the Construction of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Standard System” of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. As a technology-driven company, Beckhoff has always focused on seeking breakthroughs and innovations in technology and enjoys a reputation as an “innovation engine” in the industry. Beckhoff’s PC-based control technology has good openness. It supports all mainstream industrial communication protocols, perfectly integrating IT technology, the Internet and automation technology, and laying a solid technical foundation for the realization of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing.
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