The SCHUNK Co-act gripper JL1 is a new generation of cutting edge grippers, specially designed for collaboration between humans and robots. This gripper is the world’s very first collaborative gripper capable of directly interacting and communicating with humans. Its most distinguishing features are its flexible outer skin with curved edges, integrated protection against workpiece loss as well as the LED panel used as an interface for communication with humans.
The gripper satisfies the most critical requirements of safe human/robot collaboration: it never loses grip of an object, it always detects contact with humans and it will never cause injury when gripping. A safe drive provides for both a wide gripping force range and functional safety. With the help of specially designed gripping techniques and force-measuring jaws in its fingers, the gripper adjusts its behaviour in real time depending on whether it is gripping a workpiece or a human hand. It is based on the DIN EN ISO 10218 safety requirements for industrial robots. It has also factored in the future DIN EN ISO 20218 safety requirements for industrial robots. SCHUNK has also designed the gripper to be used as a communication tool between the system control and the operator.
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