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Doosan’s PRIME-SERIES P3020 cobot has the longest reach of any of its cobots to date. | Source: Doosan Robotics
Doosan Robotics Inc. yesterday unveiled its latest and most powerful series of collaborative robot arms yet: the PRIME-SERIES or P-SERIES. The company said the new P3020 is its longest-reaching cobot to date.
The P3020 collaborative robot has a payload of up to 30 kg (60 lb.) and a reach of 2,030 mm (80 in.). This means it can palletize from the floor to up to 2 m high, stacking up to 10 layers of boxes approximately 8 in. tall, using its simple fixed base without a lift.
“As a motion platform company, Doosan Robotics is meeting the ever-growing need for cobots to mimic human motion, powerfully and safely,” stated William Ryu, CEO of Doosan Robotics. “The robotics industry continues to grow at an exponential pace, and our lineup of software, cobots, and AI differentiates us in our mission to develop cobots with a ‘max-powered, max-efficiency, max-safety’ mindset.”
The South Korean cobot manufacturer said its robots can work in several industries, including manufacturing, logistics, food and beverage, architecture, filmmaking, service sectors, and medicine. Its H-SERIES cobot line, released in 2022, has attracted major global customers such as Schiphol Airport and Wacker Korea. Doosan said this has enhanced its global market share by 72%.
P-SERIES key features
The P-SERIES cobots consume less power than robots with similar payload capacities, according to Doosan Robotics. It has a built-in gravity compensation mechanism, inherent wrist cabling, and a five degrees of freedom (DoF). The robot can move with the fourth axis removed and sixth axis speed increased to 360 degrees/second.
“A key difference between Doosan’s and other cobots is that our curved design and software eliminate singularity,” Alex Lee, president of Doosan Robotics Americas, told The Robot Report. “We offer torque sensors at every axis for compliance and control.”
The robot has also received the highest PL (e) and Cat 4 safety ratings, he said.
Doosan claimed that its systems can adeptly maneuver through intricate scenarios. The company added that its robots are able to continuously learn by updating artificial intelligence models and autonomously downloading required modules for smooth integration.
Doosan upgrades software
Earlier this year, Doosan released two new products: its new Dart-Suite software and Otto Matic palletizing system. The company said the artificial intelligence powering its systems continuously learns and updates its model by downloading modules automatically.
Doosan described Dart-Suite as a robot ecosystem that “redefines” its customers’ experience with its robots and makes automation more accessible. The platform incorporates AI to enable users to develop, sell, download, and trigger actions through various interfaces.
The suite uses an integrated development environment (IDE), which Doosan said allows customers to create modules tailored to their needs, similar to mobile device apps.
“Users can drag and drop standard parts into our controller for AI-driven motion and a plug-and-play experience,” Lee said. “This is available to everyone, bringing implementation down to two to four weeks.”
Otto Matic can handle unstructured and random-sized boxes. Doosan said it developed the system to bring additional deep learning and computer vision technology to its cobots.
“We won an RBR50 award, not just because of the Dart-Suite software, but because we’re also bridging the gap between AI and cobots,” said Lee. He demonstrated Doosan’s drag-and-drop interface, its “plug-and-play” controller, and standardized parts at Automate.
The company also showed cake-decorating robots for grocery chains, the Moodie drink mixer using Microsoft ChatGPT to recommend cocktails by recognizing the user’s mood, and a drumming robot (see photo below).
Doosan Robotics shows off a robotic drum kit in Chicago. Credit: Eugene Demaitre