Universal Robots PolyScope X cobot software platform

Universal Robots has announced an updated software platform specifically developed for machine tending tasks.

Through a customisable user interface, the company says PolyScope X will add new levels of flexibility to high-mix, low-volume machine tending automation.

It is said that shop operators can achieve changeover times of less than 10 min. This will empower users to run more batches in a day and to run them in a more strategic and flexible way. PolyScope X is therefore suitable for high-mix, low-volume production and is introduced at a time when manufacturers all over the world are looking for increased flexibility to handle shifting and increasingly diverse orders.

At the same time, PolyScope X introduces a reworked programming experience and toolset. This enables integrators and OEM partners to structure their program code into operations that can be reused throughout the program, making each operation simpler to understand, maintain and troubleshoot.

PolyScope X for machine tending will initially be available in Germany, the UK and Denmark.