Low-cost Modular Robotics Kit from Igus Makes Automation Extremely Easy

Lubrication-free and maintenance-free robolink components are a cost-effective way of ensuring more efficient processes

Cost-effective automation is the best possible solution for gripping, turning, pivoting and placing items and returning them to their initial position – especially in the case of simple pick-and-place tasks performed over a long period of time. This also applies to small and medium-sized enterprises that are becoming increasingly exposed to external competitive pressure. But how can entry into the world of automation be achieved easily and cost-effectively? This is exactly what motion plastics specialist igus makes possible with its “robolink” modular robot joint kit.

With its robolink range of products, igus has set itself the aim of offering low-cost components made of lubrication-free and maintenance-free plastics. With the modular kit principle of robolink, the user can create a simple automation solution in a very short time. In addition, the user can put together systems individually – either with single components such as gearboxes that can then be combined or with completely pre-assembled articulated arms, whose lightweight construction and size make them especially flexible. With the possibility of modular combination, the customer receives a system that can be used for a wide variety of robotics tasks. The advantage of robolink is that repetitive and time-consuming tasks that are mostly performed by hand can be automated very easily. And all this can be done simply at a fraction of the cost of a classical industrial robot. In this way, better and more efficient use of resources can be made