In routine yet critical industrial scenarios such as handling, assembly, palletizing, machine tending, and inspection, what should a collaborative robot truly be like? CRP's answer is: highly integrated, lightweight and compact, stronger payload capacity, faster response speed, diverse interaction methods, and modular process expansion on demand… CRP's new generation of multi-functional collaborative robots was born precisely from these considerations.
The two debut models-CRP-RC09-06 and CRP-RC13-12-feature reaches of 900mm and 1300mm, payloads of 6kg and 12kg, and repeated positioning accuracies of ±0.02mm and ±0.03mm, respectively. This series boasts features such as a lightweight design, millisecond-level response, convenient tablet control, and modular expansion, providing an efficient, stable, and easy-to-deploy collaborative solution for various handling, assembly, machine tending, and inspection applications. The lineup will continue to expand in the future, introducing models with larger reaches and higher payloads.
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Design Concept: Ultimate Integration and Lightweight Design
By highly integrating the servo motor, reducer, encoder, driver, and brake, component simplification and overall lightweighting are achieved, building a compact and efficient mechanical structure. Meanwhile, compared to the previous generation, the payload capacity is significantly enhanced, enabling it to effortlessly handle heavy-object handling and similar working conditions.
Five major upgrades-new integrated joint modules, the 4th-generation high-performance control cabinet, full-series compatibility with tablet control, a new handling-optimized UI, and modular process expansion-jointly drive a comprehensive performance breakthrough.
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The 4th-Generation Control Cabinet: Smart Control Hub Upgrade
Equipped with a new self-developed high-performance control board, the 4th-generation control cabinet significantly improves computing power, achieving millisecond-level response and ensuring precise and smooth robot motion control. With overall dimensions of only 418×370×178mm (including handles/feet), it is extremely compact, significantly saving floor space on the production line.
In terms of maintenance and heat dissipation, the front door adopts a lockable design with a clear internal module layout. Maintenance requires no disassembly of the cabinet, drastically reducing maintenance time and costs. The power and control chambers are physically isolated with independent cooling air ducts, effectively preventing thermal crosstalk while providing dust resistance and anti-electromagnetic interference capabilities.
Regarding interfaces and expansion, the control cabinet integrates I/O, digital, and analog interfaces, comes standard with EtherCAT and Modbus, and is compatible with mainstream industrial protocols such as Profinet. It also reserves an M25 operator box hole and an M30 user connector, supporting the quick connection of teach pendants and end effectors.
For safety and reliability, built-in multiple software and hardware safety mechanisms effectively avoid unexpected shutdowns and ensure safe equipment operation. Adaptable to complex vibration environments in factories, it has passed the IEC 61000-6-2:2016 standard testing, demonstrating industrial-grade stability and reliability.
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Interaction Innovation: Tablet as Teach Pendant
Full-series compatibility with the tablet operating system is the core of this interaction upgrade. A general-purpose tablet can be used as the main controller for the robot, offering intuitive operation and significantly lowering the barrier to entry. Considering the safety of on-site operations, an optional tablet bracket is available, retaining the convenience of the tablet while accommodating the safety and reliability of traditional teach pendants. For users with different operating habits, the system still fully supports traditional physical teach pendants and PC software.
Another advantage of the tablet lies in portability: free from cable constraints, debugging and monitoring become more efficient. The larger screen can simultaneously display richer production data, keeping on-site status fully under control. On this basis, specialized process programs can be custom-developed, and with intuitive touch control, users can operate it right out of the box.
In terms of supporting hardware, the new generation of multi-functional collaborative robots offers three choices: the CRX9 teach pendant, CRP-PAD, and CRP-PAD-P. The CRX9 teach pendant, based on the CRX9/CRA9 platform and CrobotPOS software system, is suitable for general handling scenarios; the CRP-PAD features an 11-inch 90Hz high-refresh-rate screen, eye-care low blue light, a metal body, long battery life, and memory expansion capability; the CRP-PAD-P adds a PC material bracket protective case to the tablet, equipped with a manual power-on safety switch and gradual/emergency stop buttons.
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Modular Expansion and Software Platform
The new generation of multi-functional collaborative robots supports modular process expansion, flexibly adapting to multi-process scenarios and quickly integrating end effectors such as vision systems, force control modules, and electric screwdrivers.
The software platform provides multiple interaction methods: tablet touch operation (intuitive and convenient, easy to learn and use), tablet bracket (balancing convenience and safety), traditional teach pendant (fully functional, meeting the habits of skilled technicians), and PC professional software (supporting offline programming and complex debugging).
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Industry Applications
CRP's new generation of multi-functional collaborative robots can provide automation solutions for multiple industrial sectors, covering a wide range of process scenarios from material handling to precision assembly.
In the metalworking industry, collaborative robots can perform tasks such as machine tending, grinding and deburring, and flaw detection & sorting. Automated machine tending significantly improves equipment utilization; flexible grinding combined with force control modules effectively replaces manual operations in high-dust and high-noise environments; it is also applicable to dimensional and appearance inspection of metal workpieces, as well as defect sorting and rejection.
The logistics and transportation industry is a vital area where collaborative robots demonstrate their value. They can complete the palletizing and depalletizing of cartons and packaging bags in warehouses or at the end of production lines, with stacking height and precision superior to manual labor. In sorting centers, they accurately transport parcels to designated areas based on system commands, reducing sorting error rates. Mounted on AGVs to form composite robots (mobile manipulators), they achieve an efficient "goods-to-person" picking mode, enhancing the overall operational efficiency of warehousing.
The 3C electronics industry demands high precision and cleanliness. This series of robots can accomplish the precision assembly of tiny internal parts in mobile phones and laptops, with a repeated positioning accuracy of ±0.02mm; integrated with high-precision electric screwdrivers, they can complete the screw fastening of components like motherboards and casings, ensuring consistent tightening force. Equipped with a high-resolution vision system, they can also perform micrometer-level appearance defect detection on screens and achieve automatic, precise lamination.
On consumer goods production lines, collaborative robots can automatically pack, sort, and palletize food and daily chemical products, improving end-of-line processing efficiency. In the finished product offline stage, automatic sorting and precise tray placement ensure that the appearance and quality of products remain undamaged. For the spraying of furniture and home appliance casings, they can also achieve uniform, dead-angle-free automatic spraying, reducing labor costs and safety risks.
In the new energy sector, this series of robots can handle the handling and stacking of heavy battery modules, ensuring a safe and stable process; paired with vision systems, they can also automatically sort, position, and assemble battery cells.
The automotive manufacturing industry also benefits from this series of robots. Precision assembly of engines/transmissions, interior installation, parts machine tending, gluing, and inspection can all be performed by robots, effectively reducing labor intensity and improving assembly consistency and production efficiency.
From the highly integrated and lightweight design to the millisecond-level response of the 4th-generation control cabinet; from the convenient interaction of tablet touch control to the flexible expansion of modular processes-CRP's new generation of multi-functional collaborative robots takes the real needs of industrial sites as its starting point, continuously deepens its cultivation in industrial scenarios, and provides more practical and implementable experience for intelligent manufacturing.