Epson Robots Announces New, Unique SCARA Robot Type- RS Spider

Epson Robots, a global leader in SCARA robot technology, introduces the new RS Spider Robot, featuring all the benefits of a typical SCARA plus more. The RS Spider was unveiled during the LabAutomation show in January.

“Unique to the RS Spider is our new work space design which maximises work envelope usage” stated Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. “No other robot vendor offers a 350mm SCARA arm featuring the largest working quadrangle greater than that of a typical 750mm SCARA arm. Since there is no dead space in the centre of the work envelope, the RS Spider’s largest working quadrangle is 495mm2, which up till now has only been possible for a much larger SCARA. With the ability to manoeuvre back under itself for the shortest movements possible instead of having to move around itself, the RS spider delivers superior cycle rates. This means more parts processed in less time, while using a fraction of floor space which results in more profits for our customers.”

The RS Spider is literally a zero footprint robot, thus saving our customers valuable floor space. It is also capable of easy integration into compact assembly cells. Furthermore, the unique work envelope allows for unprecedented design flexibility with over 360 degree of axis rotation for omni directional access. All these exclusive features make the RS Spider robot the most versatile and unique SCARA available in the market today.

The RS Spider is perfect for lab automation and other process heavy applications where large quantities of parts are presented to process or testing stations.

Our low cost, high performance Micro PowerDrive RC180 Controller comes standard with the RS Spider robot which provides the ultimate experience in ease of use, compact size, and reliability. In addition to all of these great features, the RC180 controller also provides our industry leading EPSON RC+ Controls software and lots of fully integrated options such as: Vision Guidance, .Net support, Profibus, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP and much more. All this at an incredibly low price! Why choose a low performance solution when you can have a high performance EPSON RS Spider, high performance SCARA Plus with Micro PowerDrive Controller?

Epson Robots is the global leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of over 18,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a 21 year heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More information can be found on the company’s website.