Come to Med-Tech Innovation Expo and collaborate with a robot

Ward Automation will exhibit a Rethink Sawyer collaborative robot at Med-Tech Innovation Expo in Coventry this week.

Sawyer is a collaborative robot designed to execute tasks that have been impractical to automate with traditional industrial robots. Its makers say that it gives manufacturers the high performance automation they need, while maintaining the flexibility, safety and affordability synonymous with the Rethink brand.

Sawyer features seven degrees of freedom with its robot arm which has a 1260 mm reach for manoeuvering into tight spaces and operating in work cells designed for humans. Built-in force sensing capabilities allow it to make adaptive decisions as tasks run, enabling Sawyer to work precisely (+/- .1 mm), while operating safely next to people.

The group will be on stand F29 offering demonstrations of the Rethink collaborative robot. Visitors will have the oppoertunity to see examples of recent projects and the firm’s engineers will be on hand to discuss challenges and requirements.

Ward Automation is a developer and manufacturer of assembly machines, filling machines, test equipment and automation equipment supplying the global medical device, pharmaceutical, biologics and high-end manufacturing industries.