HRC system for automated screw fastening When robots help to build their colleagues. Even the production of robots can be automated one step at a time. 阀阀 is demonstrating this at its own factory in Augsburg, where the company is using a versatile HRC system to automatically fasten two types of gear units for the KR QUANTEC robot. The sensitive lightweight robot LBR iiwa For this purpose, KUKA developed a ver- �Certified by the employer’s liability is a pivotal element in a large variety satile HRC solution to make a non-ergo- insurance association, the system thus of human-robot workstations at many nomic workplace more productive. helps to boost productivity using direct companies. Either stationary or as a The system, which is controlled using collaboration with its human colleagues. mobile assistant in the form of the gestures, sensitively distinguishes This is an important milestone on the KUKA flexFELLOW, it is ideally suited to between components and independently way to intelligently networked automated playing an important role in the pro- calibrates itself to determine its position robot production. duction process at the KUKA plant in at the workplace. The LBR iiwa then Augsburg. Indeed, it is now successfully fastens 36 or 30 inserted screws on four used in KUKA’s robot manufacturing housing variants with a torque of 104 Nm operations to support the human and documents the work steps through workforce with the production of its the wrench controller. The LBR iiwa colleague, the KR QUANTEC. pushes against the gear unit and is thus able to achieve the torque required for the screw fastening. At the same time, it can reach all screw positions without any restrictions. The HRC-capable LBR iiwa works hand- in-hand with humans and, as a result, is revolutionizing industrial production and manufacturing. 72�73