Mitsubishi Electric's Industrial Robots Get New AI Functions

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ByShin Kai
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Company and Product News

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has released the “MELFA Smart Plus Card Pack” and the “MELFA Smart Plus Card” with upgraded predictive maintenance and enhanced force-sensor functions for upgraded functionality in MELFA-FR series industrial robots.  The new functions incorporate Mitsubishi Electric’s original compact AI technology, Maisart, to realize 60% reductions in both takt time and system startup time to contribute to increased productivity at manufacturing sites.

Product Features:

Reduces downtime by detecting abnormalities in advance (predictive maintenance)

  • The predictive-maintenance function uses Maisart to detect and provide early warnings of abnormalities in drive-system products including gearboxes, motor encoders, and batteries to maintain position-information memory incorporated in robots, helping to reduce downtime. 
  • Highly accurate predictive maintenance is realized simply by inserting the card into the robot controller, without having to add any other device or sensor.

Shortened cycle time with automatic parameter adjustment (enhanced force sensor)

  • Maisart automatically adjusts the parameters of systems that utilize force sensors.
  • Takt time is reduced by 60% compared to a conventional method by controlling pressure exerted on target items, thereby helping to achieve higher-speed operations similar to those performed by skilled human hands.

Shorter startup time though automatic program generation (enhanced force sensor)

  • Operation start and end points need only be entered to automatically generate a program for the shortest possible operation time.
  • Shortens system startup time by 60% compared to a conventional method.

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