TY  - JOUR
AB  - ABB has launched a new robot controller, the fifth generation IRC5. One of its major features is MultiMove, a function that enables fully coordinated control of up to 36 axes, equal to four six‐axis robots plus work positioners or other servo devices. This opens up new application areas with a combination of handling and processing robots, including balanced welding and multiple robot manipulation to increase lifting capacity and/or protect large flimsy workpieces. Benefits are higher relative speeds, minimal in‐cycle waiting and improved weld quality. Other features of the IRC5 are its modularity, with a logical split of control and axis drive functions and simple two‐cable connection, and a completely new ergonomically designed interface unit running under Windows CE.NET with full colour touch screen and Windows menus and icons.
VL  - 31
IS  - 5
SN  - 0143-991X
DO  - 10.1108/01439910410551791
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910410551791
AU  - Rooks Brian
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - ABB’s MultiMove fires the imagination
T2  - Industrial Robot: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 401
EP  - 404
Y2  - 2024/05/05
ER  -