EPSON Robots unveils open-architecture PC based workcell controller

EPSON Robots (www.robots.epson.com) is proud to introduce the new RC620+ – the company’s fourth generation open-architecture PC based workcell controller. This high-performance controller provides the ultimate experience of extreme ease of use with the EPSON RC+ development software. The powerful RC620+, which leads the industry in PC-based controls for industrial robots, can control up to four SCARA robots, three six-axis robots or two SCARA and two six-axis robots – a total of up to 20 axes of motion.

“The RC620+ adds to EPSON’s initiative of providing our customers with more Power of Choice than ever before,” said Michael Ferrara, EPSON Robots’ director. “It is the controller of choice for those applications that require a powerful open architecture solution for system expansion and advanced motion and I/O control for demanding applications. With over 10 years of PC based controller experience, EPSON has combined industry leading PC based controls with superior real time motion and I/O control to provide advanced motion control and open architecture expandability all from the same controller.”

Three PCI slots are also available for options such as Fieldbus masters, Vision Systems or 3rd party plug-in cards to expand the RC620+ as needed for a particular application. The RC620+ operates a separate CPU dedicated to motion control and real time options, which include additional I/O, expansion I/O and DeviceNet, conveyor tracking, EtherNet/IP and Profibus Fieldbus slave options. This provides machine operators with open architecture, expandability and ease of use of Microsoft Windows while providing real-time performance for time critical components like motion and I/O control.

New EPSON six-axis robot with RC520 PC-based controller

EPSON Factory Automation/Robotics (www.robots.epson.com) is proud to announce the new EPSON Pro-Six PS3-AS00 with RC520 PC-based controller, which caters the overwhelming requests from customers for a new manipulator to connect to extremely powerful, yet easy to use EPSON RC+ software and RC520 PC-based controller.

While the automation market is full of six-axis type applications, it became clear to the company what the market actually needed was a great control platform with a six-axis arm.

The latest EPSON Pro-Six PS3-AS00 utilizes the same EPSON RC520 PC-based controller that controls EPSON EZ Modules (“Linear Modules”) and E2 Series Robots (“SCARA”) thus allowing machine users to take advantage of a single control solution for the entire factory. With a 791-millimeter (“701-millimeter at the wrist center”) reach, high performance Sigma III-AC servo motors, the famous servo control from EPSON, and EPSON RC520 PC-based controller, the Pro-Six can solve even the most demanding six-axis type applications.

The EPSON Pro-Six PS3-AS00 high points features the same easy to use PC-based controls utilized with all EPSON Robots, a rigid design for smooth, high-speed motion with precise position settling and high-performance absolute encoders

Its compact design requires only minimal installation space and has ceiling, wall and floor mounting configurations. It has outstanding path control capabilities with two Pro-Six (“six-axis”) robots controllable from one RC520 controller and one Pro-Six (“six-axis”) robot plus two EPSON E2 SCARA Robots (“or 8 EZ modules axes”) controllable from one RC520 controller.

Also, the new EPSON Pro-Six PS3-AS00 high points features a high-performance EPSON Robots Servo Control which provides maximum performance, and has fully integrated EPSON RC+ Options (“Profibus, DeviceNet, Force Sensing, VB Guide, Vision Guide, etc.”). It meets the ANSI/RIA 15.06-1999 safety standard, as well as CE mark.