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Just out! Heavy-duty cobot for collaborative automation

With the new UR16e cobot, Universal Robots (UR) has introduced the highest payload and best pose repeatability in its reach class. The UR16e combines a high payload of 16 kg with a reach of 900 mm and pose repeatability of +/- 0.05 mm, making it ideal for automating tasks such as heavy-duty material handling, heavy-part handling, palletizing, and machine tending.

The UR16e offers a host of benefits, capabilities, and value for manufacturers, including:

Fast and frictionless deployment with easy programming and a small footprint

• The ability to make accelerating automation easy and fast. Programming and integration is simple -- regardless of the user's experience or knowledge base.
• Like all UR's cobots, UR16e can be unpacked, mounted, and programmed to perform a task in under an hour. With a small footprint and 900-mm reach, UR16e easily integrates into any production environment without disruption.

• With its 16-kg payload, UR16e eliminates the ergonomic and productivity challenges associated with lifting and moving heavy parts and products, lowers costs, and reduces downtime.

• Rugged and reliable, UR16e is ideal for automating high-payload and CNC machine-tending applications, including multi-part handling, without compromising on precision.

Like UR's other e-Series cobots (UR3e, UR5e, and UR10e), the UR16e includes built-in force sensing, 17 configurable safety functions (including customizable stopping time and stopping distance), and an intuitive programming flow. Many useful end effectors and accessories are available.

While UR's portfolio of cobots has been empowering manufacturers to compete, win, and grow for a decade, the UR16e is built to do even more. Unlike traditional automation solutions that are costly, complex, and sometimes even dangerous, UR gives manufacturers of any size what they need to accelerate automation with cobots that are easy to deploy, with intuitive programming and zero disruption to production lines or workflows.

Today, UR has more than 37,000 cobots on the job around the world. They perform tedious and critical tasks across several thousand production environments, including assembly, pick and place, polishing, palletizing, machine tending, and screw- and nut driving. With UR+, an open ecosystem of products certified to work seamlessly with the UR cobots, and UR Academy, free-of-charge online robot training, implementing the best possible cobot solution for the unique requirements of any manufacturing operation is streamlined and cost effective. The results are quick payback, low total cost of ownership, and high return on investment.

Learn more about the UR16e here.

Source: Universal Robots

Published October 2019

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