ABB Robotics launched its new PoWa cobot family, purpose-built for compact environments and ideally suited for applications such as high-speed machine tending, palletizing, screwdriving and arcwelding.
“Cobots are growing significantly faster than traditional industrial robots, driven by demands from both small and midsized companies starting their automation journey as well as large enterprises,” says Andrea Cassoni, head of collaborative robots at ABB Robotics. “These customers are seeking higher speeds and payloads, but also greater ease of use, and compact designs. Established manufacturers want to automate heavier, fast cycle applications, without the complexity and operational rigidity of traditional industrial robots. We are meeting these needs with the global launch of our high-speed PoWa cobot family – a name that symbolizes its powerful, industrial-grade performance in a compact collaborative robot form.”
Key takeaways:
· PoWa enables manufacturers to automate heavier and faster processes, while maintaining the flexibility, ease of use and compact footprint of collaborative robotics.
· PoWa cobots are easy to use through programmable buttons on the arm-side interface and no-code programming and are compatible with an extensive ecosystem of third-party accessories.
· PoWa can be unboxed and operational within an hour and enables seamless plug-and-play with a wide range of tools, blending industrial-grade connectivity and performance with collaborative robot flexibility.
· Powered by the ABB OmniCore controller platform, the new PoWa cobots deliver motion control, speed, and precision and can be integrated with ABB Robotics’ expanding suite of AI-powered software.
