World's fastest robot with um-precision

[jonnis240]

Do you know that 1um is 0.001mm?

[aradioactivedonut]

what would to maximum moving mass be before loosing speed/accuracy?

[Nomoreidsleft]

You should do a video of one of these solving a jigsaw puzzle.

[EmperorOfMars]

They should get one of these for Crispy Cream donuts. It would be 9000 times funner to watch them make donuts.

[andrademeza]

is he dancing....??.....awww

[inkybait]

it is spazzzzzzzing out. O.O

[kurtnelle]

What is the size of the robot. The video makes it seem that it's the size of the room.

[microfactory]

The robot is approximately 0.5m in diameter.

[kenster2001]

Looks like a component placing machine.

Another thing on the list of tools I want but couldn't afford.

[MOLRobocop]

0.00004" ....I'm still skeptical

[RhythmDroid]

beautiful sound...

[Mustangschweinderl]

i´m in the robot business and i can not belive 1um accuracy....

[microfactory]

It's been measured and confirmed with two precise laser triangulation-sensors (x and y) with 0.1 um resolution.

[javedkhan0258]

@Mustangschweinderl ur business is too old i guess new research new technology

[Choice777]

@Mustangschweinderl hi. you say you're in the robot industry. if i need two servos or dc motors with endocers .how strong would these servos need to be to handle a camera pan/tilt assembly if the camera weight like 50-60 kg ? i asume the rotating axis isnt that hard to move, but the tilt axis, i guess it helps a lot if the camera is perfectly ballanced on the aixs, right ? or use conterweights, right ? cause i need to move the camera with a joystick like really relly fast ..like a human head.

[danxl5]

Could these 3 motor config's be used as legs? Hmmmm.

[hughtub]

@danxl5 It'd seem with the level of precision I see with these robots moving and stacking things, standing upright and walking should be easy.

[jibaro420]

wow... micro meter

[DThompson1985]

I dont think they will stop mass producing arm robots to put this in their place. They do very well in the manufacturing industry and they are fast enough.

[Theriomalstrom]

Arm robots are for a different purpose. Pick & place robots can definitely benefit from speed.

[SiliconeSlave]

Wow, one day they'll be able to assemble individual atoms with precision and we can just build what ever we need from raw materials.

[Valca000]

um = micro meter???  omfg

[dcyli]

Wait wut. SERIOUSLY?

[abziaz]

@Valca000 He has written u(meu) slightly different than μ ... so basically he has put it right.

[abziaz]

@Valca000 He has written u(meu) slightly different than μ ... so basically he has put it right.

[iRouRoui]

oh :) Thank you ...

[iRouRoui]

. ch ? Its a Made In China ? :o

[microfactory]

. ch = Confoederatio Helvetica = Swiss Confederation = Switzerland

[iRouRoui]

1) I Verry love the sound of it :D

2) I Really love the Speed

3) I love the size

I think this cost like, at least 1 Million Dollar O_O

[microfactory]

You can actually purchase a commercial version (DesktopDelta) with a slightly lower accuracy at: asyril . ch

[JesperA86]

What is this used for and how is it possible to get it so accurate?

It uses electric motors so are those really capable of starting and stoping so precise?

[microfactory]

The key is a very fast path control / amplifier.

The electric motors are capable of starting and stopping so precisely with an appropriate controller/amplifier.

[adisharr]

It sounds like it's stepper driven. I'm sure they're using some type of encoder feedback as well. Are the amps an off-the-shelf design or were they custom designed for this robot?

[microfactory]

It has brushless DC motors with encoders.

The controllers/amplifiers are the key-part of this robot and were entirely custom designed.

[adisharr]

Good to know - thanks for the response.

[atotoole21]

Are those dc motor? I think I see encoders. If so do you know why they used them instead of steppers?

[microfactory]

These are EC motors (or brushless DC motors). Without encoders it would not be possible to reach the resolution necessary for the accuracy required.

[cyther39]

what is an encoder?

[conoba]

What is it using instead of encoders?

[microfactory]

It is using encoders.

[conoba]

Oops, I read your sentence all wrong.

[ingej32]

HEHE! Never heard a robot sound like that before. Sounds funny... :P

[datxcod]

I wonder why we haven't seen proper biped robotes if technology is there.

[xmasbeer]

Hmm... I wonder if a smaller version of that would be a more effective solution in a pick and place machine for PCB electronic production.

With a vacuum head that has at least 12 nozzles this could be a very effective robot.

[TMart1245]

"Shaken Not stirred" lol

[logic314]

Do you have some technical data? Acceleration, Speed, Repeatability, maxload.

Looks like its built to handle high payloads, but might be for stability.

Great vid though.

[microfactory]

Max speed: 2m/s

Repeatability: 1um

Max load (keeping precision): 3kg

(Max load can easily be increased if geared motors are used.)

[maxy0440yxam]

are the arms made of carbon fibers?

[microfactory]

yes

[ildanny80]

wow this is as fast as a human arm...but probably 2-3000 times more precise

[bobbychampagne]

damn thats fast

[roidroid]

pls show it doing incredibly small things incredibly fast :)

[Mattersmatter]

that's very very fast...i want to see it DOING something...ingenious method of mechanization, but does it have the precision?

[sodude1]

It is the most precise robot in the world....and also the fastest in a small working volume with lightweight load......go to see my video about the delta robots I'm doiing development in a company who is the leader in that domain.

search "delta robot dudeprod" you will find the video with industrial applications