Universal Robots Launches Gen 7 Platform with Edge AI Capabilities for Plastics Manufacturing
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Universal Robots has introduced its new Gen 7 platform, which includes the CB7 Core controller offering 40% more computing power in a smaller footprint and running the open PolyScope X operating system. The platform supports local execution of third-party AI vision and sensor algorithms without needing host PCs or cloud connections. Partners Inbolt and Cognex have developed solutions for 3D part localization and quality inspection that run directly on the Gen 7 controller via its internal flange Ethernet port. The new tool flange routes power, data, and safety signals through robot joints to eliminate external cabling. These capabilities aim to address material variability in plastics manufacturing by enabling robots to adapt to warped parts, detect defects, and adjust forces in real time.
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“ple production savings, including: 40% faster cycle times with UR's OptiMove motion control software, which optimizes trajectory paths better than classically written robot programs. 3D part localization on the fly in 0.5 seconds when combined with Inbolt's robot intelligence platform, compared with five- to 10-second delays when waiting for mechanical shakers, pneumatic clamps, or indexing tables to physically align”
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“s that run on the Gen 7 platform. These solutions include: 3D vision guidance and part localization: Inbolt provides the Inbolt Standard 3D vision guidance system. Using a wrist-mounted 3D camera, Inbolt compares live parts to their 3D CAD models, locating parts across six degrees of freedom (6DoF) in as little as 0.5 seconds. By enabling the cobot to adapt to warped or misaligned molded parts automatically, Inbolt e”
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Reported quantity · localization delay (mechanical): 5 other · Basis not reported · Differing source assertions
“ple production savings, including: 40% faster cycle times with UR's OptiMove motion control software, which optimizes trajectory paths better than classically written robot programs. 3D part localization on the fly in 0.5 seconds when combined with Inbolt's robot intelligence platform, compared with five- to 10-second delays when waiting for mechanical shakers, pneumatic clamps, or indexing tables to physically align”
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Reported quantity · localization delay (mechanical): 10 other · Basis not reported · Differing source assertions
“ple production savings, including: 40% faster cycle times with UR's OptiMove motion control software, which optimizes trajectory paths better than classically written robot programs. 3D part localization on the fly in 0.5 seconds when combined with Inbolt's robot intelligence platform, compared with five- to 10-second delays when waiting for mechanical shakers, pneumatic clamps, or indexing tables to physically align”
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Universal Robots has introduced its new Gen 7 platform, which includes the CB7 Core controller offering 40% more computing power in a smaller footprint and running the open PolyScope X operating system. The platform supports local execution of third-party AI vision and sensor algorithms without needing host PCs or cloud connections. Partners Inbolt and Cognex have developed solutions for 3D part localization and quality inspection that run directly on the Gen 7 controller via its internal flange Ethernet port. The new tool flange routes power, data, and safety signals through robot joints to eliminate external cabling. These capabilities aim to address material variability in plastics manufacturing by enabling robots to adapt to warped parts, detect defects, and adjust forces in real time.
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