Industrial robotics applications
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An engineer's guide to industrial robot designs
As robots are becoming more crucial in factories, it is important that they become more intelligent, autonomous, safer and efficient. All of this is enabled with technologies such as precise motor control, advanced sensing technologies and processing at the edge, all with robust real-time communication.
- E-book: An engineer’s guide to industrial robot designs (PDF, 12520KB)
Industrial robots
Control position, torque and speed of the synchronized axis within your robot, CNC, and servo drive control module systems in harsh industrial environments with hard real time communication and high EMC immunity all while using best-in class isolation technology.
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- Industrial robot communication module
- Industrial robot CPU board
- Industrial robot teach pendant (HMI)
- Industrial robot I/O module
- Industrial robot sensing module
- Servo drive control module
- Servo drive energy recovery
- Servo drive main power supply
- Servo drive position feedback
- Servo drive power stage module
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- High EMC immunity RS-485 interface reference design for absolute encoders
- EtherCAT slave and multi-protocol industrial ethernet reference design
- Simple open real-time ethernet (SORTE) master with PRU-ICSS reference design
- Smart brake control and diagnostics reference design for Servo Drives and robotics
- Three-phase high PWM frequency GaN inverter reference design for 200V AC Servo Drives
- EtherCAT P® one cable for power and EtherCAT® reference design
Logistics robots
Enable higher efficiency and throughput in logistics centers to take them to the next level. Achieve an accurate sensing of obstacles in highly crowded logistic centers using TI's mmWave or time-of-flight (TOF) sensing technologies.
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Service robots
Various sensor solutions, such as time-of-flight (TOF) or mmWave to optimize your SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) performance. Small and efficient motor drive to increase robot autonomy.
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TI Robotics System Learning Kit MAX (TI-RSLK MAX)
The TI-RSLK product family includes a series of low-cost robotics kits and classroom curriculum that provide educators and students with hands-on, customizable options for learning embedded systems design.
The TI-RSLK MAX comes with 20 learning modules covering core to supplemental topics with lecture videos, lab demonstrations, quizzes and classroom activities. The curriculum is targeted to teach embedded systems and applications and can be expanded and used in a variety of engineering classes at any level along a college student’s learning journey.
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