Ruselectronics is to Introduce Collaborative Robots into Industry

Ruselectronics is to Introduce Collaborative Robots into Industry

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The Ruselectronics holding is to introduce collaborative robots (cobots) into Russian industrial facilities to automate manufacturing processes. The first project will include installation of a robot manipulator at the All-Russia Thermal Engineering Institute. The AI-based robotic station will apply protective coatings to steam turbine rotor blades. 

The project is implemented by the Semenikhin Automatic Equipment Research and Development Institute (NIIAA) as part of the Ruselectronics holding. As part of the project, the NIIAA personnel will integrate a vision system and electrodes into the manipulator to help apply the protective coating. In addition, software will be developed to distinguish the type of blade and define the application area. The software will operate the robotic arm and also align the blade against the manipulator and turn the turbine rotor at the required angle. 

“We, as integrators, use a comprehensive approach to customer task solution. The NIIAA personnel provide pre-design audit and consulting services and, after analysis of the manufacturing process features, offer the most efficient cobot applications to the customer. The cobot intelligence system is based on a unique neural nucleus. We are ready to perform custom programming of the robot to fit the specific customer requirements, as well as to provide vision systems, ultrasonic cobot safety systems, and malfunction alarm systems,” said Sergey Dorofeev, General Director, NIIAA.