Festo is a supplier of motion control technology and has always focused on industrial sports. But Festo differs from other industrial sports technology companies in that Festo focuses on the biological basis of motion and has developed a collaborative robot BionicCobot that mimics the human arm's mode of operation.
According to reports, in the past 10 years, Festo has focused on numerous machines designed to mimic various biological movements such as seagulls, penguins, elephant trunks, ants, kangaroos and octopuses. Festo studied this kind of biological movement not only to show off the capabilities of its R&D team, but to find inspiration for industrial sports technology.
The company's recently published collaborative robot BionicCobot seems to highlight how its bionic research can be applied to real-world industrial products. The BionicCobot's movement pattern is modeled on the human arm, from the shoulders through the upper arms, elbows, cheekbones and ulna until it grips the hand.
Each of its seven joints utilizes the natural manipulation of the biceps and triceps, an effective interaction between the flexors and extensors. The BionicCobot has three axes on the shoulder, one on each of the elbows and the lower arms, and two on the wrist. Each shaft has a rotating blade with two air chambers that form a set of actuators that can be infinitely adjusted like a mechanical spring by filling the compressed air.
Collaborative robots are attractive because they work with humans without having to be separated from people by protective cages or highly guarded environments. To realize the ability of bionic robots to work with humans, Festo said that BionicCobot's unique drive concept can precisely and accurately control the force of the robot arm. In the event of a collision, the pneumatic arm will automatically release without any danger to the human body.
The BionicCobot's inherent flexibility and low tare weight allow it to be used without a cage, allowing for immediate and safe collaboration with the machine. The company uses the pneumatic automation platform Festo MoTIon Terminal to achieve this by integrating high-precision machines, sensors and complex control and measurement technologies in a very small space.
BionicCobot operates intuitively through the graphical user interface developed by Festo. With a tablet computer, users can easily teach the actions they want to perform and sort them in any order, and the defined work steps can be transferred to the sequencer track by drag and drop. And through the robotic operating system (ROS) open source platform, the programmed motion sequence is transmitted to the Festo MoTIon Terminal to control the robot's motion.
Power Meter is a monitoring and testing instrument which determines the power consumption of a connected appliance and the cost of the electricity consumed.
Installing the batteries
Install 3.6V rechargeable Battcrics(NI-MH) . The purpose of the batteries is to store the total electricity and mcinory setting.
Resetting
If an abnormal display appears or the buttons produce no response, the instrument must be reset. To do this,press the RESET button.
Display Mode
Entire LCD can be displayed for about 1 minute and then it automatically gets into Model. To transfer from one mode to the other, press the FUNCTION button.
Mode 1: Time/Watt/Cost Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutcs (2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:00 again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours) and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which means after 24 hours, it will rc-caculatc. LCD on second line displays current power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays the current electricity costs which ranges in 0.0cost~9999cost. It will keep on O.OOcost before setting rate without other figures.
Mode 2: l ime/Cumulative electrical quantity Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.
LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutes(2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:0() again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours)and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which means after 24 hours, it will re-caculate. LCD on second line displays current cumulative electrical quantity which ranges in 0.000K WH 〜 9999KWII without other figures. LCD on third line displays''DAY''- "1 "will be showed on numerical part(thc other three figures will be showed at carry) which means it has cumulated electrical quantity for 24hours(one day). The rest can be done in the same manner untial the maximal cumulative time of 9999 days.
Mode 3: Time/Voltage/Frequency Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays current voltage supply (v) which ranges in 0.0V~9999V .LCD on third line displays current frequency (HZ) which ranges in 0.0HZ~9999HZ without other figures.
Mode 4: Time/Current/Power Factor Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones.
LCD on second line displays load current which ranges in 0.0000A~9999A. LCD on third line displays current power factor which ranges in 0.00PF 〜 1 .OOPF without other figures.
Mode 5:Time/Minimum Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 clones. LCD on second line displays the miniinum power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Lo" without other figures.
Mode 6: I,ime/Maximal Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays the maximal power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Hi" without other figures.
Mode 7: Time/Price Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on third line
displays the cost which ranges in O.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH without
other figures.
Overload Display: When the power socket connects the load over 3680W, LCD on second line
displays the"O VER LOAD" with booming noise to warn the users,( 60470643,
60469303,selectable choice)
Supplemental informations:
1: Except tt OVERLOAD , ' interface, LCD on first line display time in repitition within 24hours.
2: LCD on first line, second line or third
line described in this intruction take section according to two black
lines on LCD screen. Here it added fbr clarified purpose.
3. Mode 7 will directly occur while press down button "cost".
4. [UP"&''Down" are in no function under un-setting mode.
Backlight Mode:
Connect to AC power,backlight im mediately light,if not press any button,backlight will went off in 15 seconds.
When press any of the buttonsbacklight
start light again. (Backlight only light when it connect to AC
power,backlight cannot light if use battery)
Setting Mode
1. Electricity price setting
After keeping COST button pressed lasting
more than 3 seconds(LCD on third line display system defaults price, eg
O.OOCOST/KWH ),the rendered content begins moving up and down which
means that the device has entered the setting mode. Then press FUNCTION
button to change selection and press UP/DOWN to set what you want. (On
pressing once, the figure after domical point will increase or decrease
accordingly. On pressing and hold-on, figures after demical point will
increase or decrease slowly in 2 seconds while figures change quickly
when hold-on time exceeds 2 seconds. When hold-on time reaches 10
seconds or more, the figures after demical point will stop while the
figures before demical point begin to increasing or decreasing.) After
that, press FUNCTION fbr swithing, then press [UP'nd "DOWN" button again
to set value which ranges in OO.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH. After
setting all above, press COST to return to Mode7 or it will
automatically return to Mode7 without any pressing after setting with data storage.
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