Yaskawa and Clearpath Partner to Develop Mobile Manipulation Solution
Summary
“Our partnership with Clearpath will provide industry with a robust, tightly integrated solution for moving robots to the work in a very flexible and dynamic way,” said Roger Christian, divisional leader, new product development at Yaskawa Motoman.“We’re really excited to partner with Yaskawa to develop the future of mobile manipulation and collaborative robots,” said Matt Rendall, chief executive officer at Clearpath.“Combining our cutting-edge self-driving industrial vehicles with Yaskawa’s industry-leading robot arms will enable a new category of automation for machine tending.” The solution will provide natural feature navigation, so there is no need to add fiducials or reflectors to the operating environment.It is designed to increase throughput, reduce operating costs and remain flexible with the changing needs of material flow processes.“We’re really excited to partner with Yaskawa to develop the future of mobile manipulation and collaborative robots,” said Matt Rendall, chief executive officer at Clearpath.“Combining our cutting-edge self-driving industrial vehicles with Yaskawa’s industry-leading robot arms will enable a new category of automation for machine tending.”The solution will provide natural feature navigation, so there is no need to add fiducials or reflectors to the operating environment.