Greater flexibility for mobile solutions & additional space savings for cramped facilities.
“The Edge Edition of our 7-axis cobots is a world first, enabling industrial customers to take a quantum leap in terms of flexible automation. Integrating the controller into the robot’s base delivers additional space savings and simplifies integration at the same time. The Edge Edition is ideal for simplifying mobile cobot applications—not least because it can be connected directly to the power supply of AGVs or AMRs. These mobile solutions hold tremendous potential for industrial automation,” highlights Kristian Kassow, founder and CEO of Kassow Robots. The five 7-axis cobot models, which the co-owner had developed especially for industrial use, were launched in 2019 and 2020. To this day, the company remains true to its motto of “strong, fast, simple.” The end customers use their 7-axis robots for applications such as CNC solutions and for machine tending, palletizing, labeling, dispensing, packaging, sanding, and more.
More flexibility for SMEs
“Additional floor space in production facilities comes with a heavy price tag and is sometimes not available at all. We make sure that automation can be implemented more flexibly in less space for companies of all sizes,” says Dieter Pletscher, Global Sales Manager at Kassow Robots. Companies that cannot expand or reconfigure their production facilities also benefit from the capabilities offered both by the Edge Edition and the five existing 7-axis cobots. Kassow Robots believes that these are especially useful for established SMEs with no additional production space that would prefer to avoid the costs of expansion.
“Compactness can be a decisive advantage when it comes to process automation. Our Edge Edition allows for greater flexibility, not only thanks to the 7th axis featured by all of our robots, but also by the controller integrated into the cobots‘ base,” explains further Dieter Pletscher. SMEs can benefit from installing Edge Edition on mobile carts that allow employees to operatively move them to whichever location they are needed.
Presentation at Automate 2024 in Chicago
Kassow Robots presented a prototype of the Edge Edition at last year’s Automatica. In May 2024, one of the five Edge variants now available for ordering will be presented at North America’s biggest automation trade show, Automate, in Chicago (Booth 4250): the KR1410 Edge Edition, mounted on an AMR from Morrell Group.
About Kassow Robots
Kassow Robots, founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Kristian Kassow, is developing and manufacturing unique and efficient 7-axis lightweight robots for industrial applications. Bosch Rexroth has been the majority shareholder since the end of April 2022. Co-owner Kristian Kassow continues to be the CEO.
The company’s motto is “strong, fast, simple.” Its products offer speed and power, yet also have a long reach. The robots’ user-friendliness provides businesses with greater flexibility, allowing SMEs without their own robotics specialists to achieve complex automation and programming cost-effectively and independently. What’s more, the cobots are compact enough for use in confined spaces. The strong product family of five lightweight robots comprises the cobots KR 810 (with a reach of 850 mm and a payload of 10 kg), KR1018 (1000 mm/18 kg), KR 1205 (1200 mm/5 kg), KR 1410 (1400 mm/10 kg) and KR 1805 (1800 mm/5 kg). End of April 2024, Kassow Robots launched the Edge Edition – the world’s first 7-axis cobots with a controller integrated into the base.
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