Industrial robots system solutions for Industry 4.0

Power, sensing and connectivity for the future of advanced and digital manufacturing

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Overview

Industrial robots have become prevalent in industrial environments. You can find them in diverse industries ranging from the automotive sector to the warehouses. There are several motivations to consider industrial robots: production cost is a rising factor while prices for robots keep falling. Precisely repeatable processes are essential, and dangerous actions are made for robots to relieve human workers from working in these environments.

Benefits

  • Diverse industries
  • Production quality
  • Precisely repeatable processes
  • Relief of human workers
  • Monitoring of the environment
  • Providing information to controller

Block diagram

About

Main building blocks of industrial robots

The main building blocks of industrial robots are: the controller that controls the robot’s components and monitors its environment, the manipulator (e.g., robot’s arm) that operates on objects, and sensors providing information to the controller on position, speed, and the surrounding environment.

Components of industrial robots

Infineon’s components and system solutions are well suited for industrial robots as a whole. Power electronic components, such as IGBTs and CoolSIC™ MOSFETs, including fitting EiceDRIVER™ gate driver solutions across various power ranges, support a wide range of robotic payloads. CoolMOS™ and CoolSIC™ MOSFETs and auxiliary power supply solutions such as CoolSET™ enable power management. PSoC™ microcontrollers, with their wide range of functionality, are applicable for system control and are also equipped with peripherals to enable connectivity via CAN, USB, or Wi-Fi based on the AIROC™ Wi-Fi and combos offering. They are also well suited to interface with XENSIV™ sensors to sense the robot’s surroundings. Our range of external memory solutions for code storage and data logging enables the highest reliability, performance, and safety standards. Finally, responding to a growing focus on security, Infineon offers OPTIGA™ Trust hardware security solutions based on a high-end security controller optimized for connected devices. It provides highly flexible, high-performance, secured access to the cloud.

SuperSpeed USB for industrial automation - From 5 Gbps to 20 Gbps

Industrial automation is growing, and it is the future in manufacturing. To be able to embrace industry 4.0 we need machine vision that could provide better vision-guided robotics, automated production lines, and more precise quality control and inspection. Infineon´s EZ-USB™ portfolio includes a wide range of solutions for machine vision.

Main building blocks of industrial robots

The main building blocks of industrial robots are: the controller that controls the robot’s components and monitors its environment, the manipulator (e.g., robot’s arm) that operates on objects, and sensors providing information to the controller on position, speed, and the surrounding environment.

Components of industrial robots

Infineon’s components and system solutions are well suited for industrial robots as a whole. Power electronic components, such as IGBTs and CoolSIC™ MOSFETs, including fitting EiceDRIVER™ gate driver solutions across various power ranges, support a wide range of robotic payloads. CoolMOS™ and CoolSIC™ MOSFETs and auxiliary power supply solutions such as CoolSET™ enable power management. PSoC™ microcontrollers, with their wide range of functionality, are applicable for system control and are also equipped with peripherals to enable connectivity via CAN, USB, or Wi-Fi based on the AIROC™ Wi-Fi and combos offering. They are also well suited to interface with XENSIV™ sensors to sense the robot’s surroundings. Our range of external memory solutions for code storage and data logging enables the highest reliability, performance, and safety standards. Finally, responding to a growing focus on security, Infineon offers OPTIGA™ Trust hardware security solutions based on a high-end security controller optimized for connected devices. It provides highly flexible, high-performance, secured access to the cloud.

SuperSpeed USB for industrial automation - From 5 Gbps to 20 Gbps

Industrial automation is growing, and it is the future in manufacturing. To be able to embrace industry 4.0 we need machine vision that could provide better vision-guided robotics, automated production lines, and more precise quality control and inspection. Infineon´s EZ-USB™ portfolio includes a wide range of solutions for machine vision.

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