180 Bass Pro Mills Drive
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Ontario L4K 0G9
The simulation facility is set up and operated at the DLR (German Aerospace Centre) in Oberpfaffenhofen (Institute Space Operations & Astronaut Training and Robotics & Mechatronics). This is where the dry runs are carried out, so to speak, and further development is pursued. The industrial partners are Robo-Technology GmbH and KUKA Roboter GmbH. The system mainly consists of two 6-arm robots on a common linear axis with a travel range of 25m. A polymer energy chain from the triflex R series with a triflex RS universal module is used in each of the two robots in the simulation system.. The triflex multi-axis energy supply system has been specially developed for demanding 6-axis robot applications in harsh industrial environments. On the linear axis, e-chains of the 410 series are also used. The selection of the energy supply system along the robot arm was made in co-operation between Robo-Technology and igus.