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Cobots

Design the next generation of collaborative robots with the highest level of safety, efficiency, connectivity, and compliance, enabled by Infineon

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Overview

Cobots are designed to collaborate with and work alongside humans. Therefore, they must conform to the highest safety standards and regulations, such as the strict ISO TS 15066. Unlike other industrial robots, which require fixed installation, cobots can be deployed in a more flexible way, have a much lower initial cost, and can increase productivity by enabling new automatization techniques. Infineon boasts a wide array of products for cobots.

Benefits

  • Highest power density motor drive
  • Higher payload in smaller size
  • Operational cost savings
  • System cost and space savings
  • Safety by 3D environment scanning
  • Less downtime
  • Secure robot operation/auth.
  • Encrypt on-the-wire or on-the-air
  • Complies with ISO TS 15066

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About

About collaborative robot solutions by Infineon

Collaborative robots, more commonly referred to as cobots, work outside the limitation of a safety cell, in direct interaction with humans. However, this requires a precise set of features. Cobots are designed for safe collaboration with us while maintaining high productivity. Infineon provides the right semiconductor solutions for smart connectivity and reliability, advanced sensing technologies, quick reaction time, and embedded modular safety functions (ISO TS 15066). Our products support cobot designs up to the highest safety levels.

Today, collaborative robots are trending towards higher power density, brought by requirements to reduce size, space, and BOM. The power density of the inverter increases, and it needs to perform better thermally. This is a perfect fit for WBG inverters like our CoolGaN? HEMTs. These devices deliver a smaller inverter, lower losses, and lower temperature. Plus, lower torque ripple means more accurate moves, which is a value driver in robots.

With the experience we have gained by serving robot manufacturers with the best system solutions for years, Infineon is well positioned to provide the right fit products for the next generations of cobots.

ISO TS 15066 safety standard met by Infineon products for cobots

Safety is key when robots interact with their environment with a special focus on human safety, work safety, routing accuracy, and collision avoidance. Consequently, Infineon's solutions for cobots conform to the ISO TS 15066, which specifies safety requirements for collaborative industrial robot systems and the work environment and supplements the requirements and guidance on collaborative industrial robot operation given in ISO 10218?1 and ISO 10218?2.

Infineon system solutions for cobots

Our power supply and management solutions enable efficient, easy to use, and price optimized AC-DC conversion, as well as end-to-end application expertise for voltage conversion and power distribution.

In safety control and HMI, our industry-leading PSOC? 4, PSOC? 6, and XMC? microcontrollers tackle central and safety system functions, HMI, & comprehensive device control.

Looking for the highest performance and advanced peripheral capability in motor control MCUs? The PSOC? Control C3M family of MCUs based on Arm? Cortex?-M33 features the ability to control high RPM systems, unique ADCs enable WBG, and a dedicated software ecosystem in ModusToolbox? Motor Suite.

Connect to the IoT with our widely deployed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth? combo ICs and modules that offer the industry¡¯s best interoperability and RF performance.

When it comes to memory, Infineon is a leader in high-performance, high-quality, and high-reliability volatile and non-volatile RAM and NOR Flash solutions. We also offer the broadest NOR Flash portfolio in the industry.

In sensing, we are a leader in radar chips, offering a wide portfolio of mmWave radar sensors, 3D time-of-flight (ToF) solutions, and other environmental sensors like pressure, sound, magnetic, and CO2 sensors.

Stay secure with our OPTIGA? Trust and Authenticate families of security solutions, which are designed for easy integration into embedded systems to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of information and devices.

Benefits of choosing Infineon as your supplier for cobots

Infineon enables you to design and build the most efficient, power dense, and smart cobot systems. Today, cobots need to be safer, smarter, able to collaborate with humans seamlessly, and connect to the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular, our solutions enable:

In power supply, the option to remove the external control box. Infineon enables the best possible power density in order to assemble the control box in the ¡°foot¡± of the robot.

Our efficient motor drive solutions enable you to reduce operational cost savings through the use of our solutions that have lower losses, less heat dissipation, and are overall power saving. In addition, these solutions are also power dense, providing overall system cost reduction and space saving.

Our advanced sensors offer the highest safety and XENSIV? 3D environmental scanning maximizes the safety in cooperation with humans, meaning less down-time due to intelligent robot and human cooperation.

Enjoy secure robot operation and authentication and IP protection with encryption on-the-wire/-air for safeguarded software updates.

About collaborative robot solutions by Infineon

Collaborative robots, more commonly referred to as cobots, work outside the limitation of a safety cell, in direct interaction with humans. However, this requires a precise set of features. Cobots are designed for safe collaboration with us while maintaining high productivity. Infineon provides the right semiconductor solutions for smart connectivity and reliability, advanced sensing technologies, quick reaction time, and embedded modular safety functions (ISO TS 15066). Our products support cobot designs up to the highest safety levels.

Today, collaborative robots are trending towards higher power density, brought by requirements to reduce size, space, and BOM. The power density of the inverter increases, and it needs to perform better thermally. This is a perfect fit for WBG inverters like our CoolGaN? HEMTs. These devices deliver a smaller inverter, lower losses, and lower temperature. Plus, lower torque ripple means more accurate moves, which is a value driver in robots.

With the experience we have gained by serving robot manufacturers with the best system solutions for years, Infineon is well positioned to provide the right fit products for the next generations of cobots.

ISO TS 15066 safety standard met by Infineon products for cobots

Safety is key when robots interact with their environment with a special focus on human safety, work safety, routing accuracy, and collision avoidance. Consequently, Infineon's solutions for cobots conform to the ISO TS 15066, which specifies safety requirements for collaborative industrial robot systems and the work environment and supplements the requirements and guidance on collaborative industrial robot operation given in ISO 10218?1 and ISO 10218?2.

Infineon system solutions for cobots

Our power supply and management solutions enable efficient, easy to use, and price optimized AC-DC conversion, as well as end-to-end application expertise for voltage conversion and power distribution.

In safety control and HMI, our industry-leading PSOC? 4, PSOC? 6, and XMC? microcontrollers tackle central and safety system functions, HMI, & comprehensive device control.

Looking for the highest performance and advanced peripheral capability in motor control MCUs? The PSOC? Control C3M family of MCUs based on Arm? Cortex?-M33 features the ability to control high RPM systems, unique ADCs enable WBG, and a dedicated software ecosystem in ModusToolbox? Motor Suite.

Connect to the IoT with our widely deployed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth? combo ICs and modules that offer the industry¡¯s best interoperability and RF performance.

When it comes to memory, Infineon is a leader in high-performance, high-quality, and high-reliability volatile and non-volatile RAM and NOR Flash solutions. We also offer the broadest NOR Flash portfolio in the industry.

In sensing, we are a leader in radar chips, offering a wide portfolio of mmWave radar sensors, 3D time-of-flight (ToF) solutions, and other environmental sensors like pressure, sound, magnetic, and CO2 sensors.

Stay secure with our OPTIGA? Trust and Authenticate families of security solutions, which are designed for easy integration into embedded systems to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of information and devices.

Benefits of choosing Infineon as your supplier for cobots

Infineon enables you to design and build the most efficient, power dense, and smart cobot systems. Today, cobots need to be safer, smarter, able to collaborate with humans seamlessly, and connect to the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular, our solutions enable:

In power supply, the option to remove the external control box. Infineon enables the best possible power density in order to assemble the control box in the ¡°foot¡± of the robot.

Our efficient motor drive solutions enable you to reduce operational cost savings through the use of our solutions that have lower losses, less heat dissipation, and are overall power saving. In addition, these solutions are also power dense, providing overall system cost reduction and space saving.

Our advanced sensors offer the highest safety and XENSIV? 3D environmental scanning maximizes the safety in cooperation with humans, meaning less down-time due to intelligent robot and human cooperation.

Enjoy secure robot operation and authentication and IP protection with encryption on-the-wire/-air for safeguarded software updates.

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