ABB introduces the world's first truly hand-in-hand with a man working on a robot: YuMi®. Innovative, exceptional functionality of the robot opens up new possibilities for the automation industry.
Yumi is a two-handed robot that can work with someone. He begins a new era of automation, in which people and robots working together to the same work, for example. assembly of small parts. Yumi is the English "You and I" (in English. 'You and me') are working together to pieces. "
The main purpose of creating Yumi - flexibility and mobility to meet the needs of the electronics manufacturing process. Later, it will be applied to other industries. Yumi is cooperating robot able to feel and see. The robot arm is padded with innovative sensory technology - which ensures, together with the safety of people working in Yumi.
The robot can be caught everything from small parts of the mechanical clock, ending mobile phone, tablet or desktop computer components. Yumi is so precise that it can take even a needle.
"Yumi change many people's views of manufacturing and industrial processes," - said Pekka Tiitinen, logical drives and automation department head. "Yumi will open up tremendous new opportunities. We are a very interesting new era of industrial automation. "
During Vegard Nerseth ABB robots Head, added: "This robot name Yumi reflect the true human-machine cooperation in essence - people and robots share tasks, working side by side as we previously could not even imagine."
Yumi commercial version will be introduced in 2015. April 13. Hanover held the largest industrial technology fair.
ABB (www.abb.com) is in power and automation technologies that enable energy, industry, transport and infrastructure customers to improve performance while lowering environmental leader. ABB Group employs about 145,000 employees in more than 100 countries.
