Robotics

As robots become integral to various industries, addressing technological challenges is paramount. HBK's advanced sensor solutions ensure unparalleled adaptability, seamless integration, and reliable performance. Empower your robotics engineers with HBK’s expertise.

Connecting digital sensors and actuators in the field-level to control level systems

Custom sensor assemblies for robotic OEM

The final piece of the puzzle for your advanced robotic and cobotic systems. Customised sensor solutions allow robotics and cobotics OEMs to seamlessly coordinate data with control functions.

Durability & Fatigue Testing

Measure and analyse key performance parameters of products with HBK technology. Make “first-time-right” design decisions that directly impact lifetime expectancy, warranty cost, safety, customer comfort and satisfaction.

The rapid growth of the robotics industry, estimated to reach 283 billion US dollars by 2032 with an annual increase of nearly 15% between 2023 and 2032, is driving the adoption of robots in various sectors, including agriculture and transportation. However, this expansion comes with significant challenges, such as the quick adaptation of robots to dynamic environments, the integration of multiple sensors, and the reliable recognition of objects. Industrial automation, aimed at improving manufacturing and quality control, involves high costs and complex integration requirements.

Advanced sensor technologies play a crucial role in enabling robots to perceive, interpret, and respond accurately to their environment. A leader in this field offers testing, measurement, and sensor integration solutions, helping engineers bring visionary concepts to life. With cutting-edge tools and sensors, they optimize the performance of robotic systems through real-time data-driven testing and decision-making.

Measures the deformation of a material under load. Used in robotics to monitor structural health and optimize the performance of robotic components.

Determines the applied force or load that an object supports. Essential for controlling robot-environment interactions and ensuring safety.

Evaluates the twisting or rotational force on an object. Crucial for robotic manipulators and power transmission systems.

Determines an object's acceleration, velocity, and orientation. Used for navigation, stabilization, and control of mobile robots.

Acquires data remotely without the need for wiring. Facilitates the deployment and maintenance of robotic systems in challenging environments.

Assesses the force exerted on a surface. Useful for pressure-sensitive robots, particularly in tactile and gripping applications.

Quantifies oscillatory movements within a system. Used to diagnose performance and prevent failures in robots.

Quantifies sound wave intensity and frequency. Applied for acoustic detection and human-robot interaction in noisy environments.

Measures up to six forces and moments along three axes (x, y, z). Indispensable for the dynamics and control of complex robotic movements.

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Future of Robotics with HBK:
Sensor Technology Brochure

Dive into the future of robotics with our brochure "How Sensor Technology Is Changing the World of Robotics." Explore topics like automation challenges, HBK's expertise, and innovative sensor solutions for industrial, medical, and agricultural robots. Discover key technologies, applications to revolutionize your robotic endeavors

Key Areas of Application

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Agricutlural Robotics
Cobotics
Industrial Robotics
Medical Robotics
Mobile Robotics

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Agriculture robotic and autonomous car working in smart farm, Future 5G technology with smart agriculture farming concept

Agricultural robots are crucial in modern farming, addressing rising food demands and labor shortages. They streamline tasks like harvesting, weeding, spraying, monitoring, planting, pruning, and trimming. Types of agricultural robots include harvesting robots, weeding robots, and greenhouse harvesting robots.

Designers face challenges in optimizing productivity and ensuring precise navigation and localization. Modern agricultural robots integrate advanced sensors for crop health monitoring, load assessment, and real-time climate data.

HBK sensors enhance the efficiency and reliability of agricultural robots, improving yields and reducing costs. HBK's advanced sensor technologies, such as strain gauges and inertial sensors, support innovation in agricultural robotics.

A group of engineers on a cobot perform a real-time-sensor test

Collaborative robots, or "cobots," are compact and technologically advanced, specializing in tasks like small parts assembly and machine tending, enhancing safety and efficiency in industrial settings. Types include robotic arms, mobile units, and exoskeletons.

Design challenges include precision, reliability, and safe human interaction. Crucially, sensors play a vital role in ensuring safety and productivity by detecting humans and objects, integrating seamlessly, and providing real-time data feedback. For instance, strain gauge sensors measure torque for safety, while 6DOF force sensors ensure precise handling.

With expertise in tailored sensor solutions, HBK enables safe human-cobot collaboration, enhancing efficiency and productivity in cobot environments.

Industrial robotic measurement on the mechanical system by an engineer

Industrial robots are vital in modern manufacturing, performing precise tasks efficiently. They're used across sectors like automotive, manufacturing, and logistics for assembling, palletizing, quality control, and more. However, designers face challenges meeting demands for higher precision and reliability.

Modern robots integrate advanced sensors for precise control and feedback, like strain gauge sensors for measuring torque and forces.

HBK’s sensor solutions enhance robot precision and reliability, reducing maintenance needs. Investing in research, HBK aims to stay ahead in addressing future industrial robotics challenges, remaining committed to innovation and industry leadership.

Surgical and medical robots controlled by an operator

Medical robots revolutionize surgical procedures, offering precise control and minimally invasive options. Types include teleoperated, autonomous, imaging, and diagnostic robots. Challenges include patient safety, precision, miniaturization, and integration. Advanced sensors provide real-time feedback, ensuring accuracy and safety.

HBK offers tailored sensor solutions, enhancing performance and safety. Force and torque sensors prevent tissue damage, while optical sensors improve imaging. Miniaturized sensors enable operation in tight spaces. Real-time data analytics support decision-making, advancing medical robotics.

Future Technology 3D Concept: Automated Modern Retail Warehouse AGV Robots Transporting Cardboard Boxes in Distribution Logistics Center. Automated Guided Vehicles Delivering Goods, Products, Packages

Mobile robots are essential in modern industries, addressing complex material handling and logistics with adaptability and efficiency. They are crucial in logistics, warehousing, healthcare, agriculture, and transportation, performing tasks such as autonomous loading, inventory management, and surface cleaning. Types of mobile robots include wheeled robots, tracked variants, bipeds, aerial drones, underwater models, quadrupeds, and modular iterations.

Designing effective mobile robots involves challenges in navigation, sensor integration, and safety compliance. Modern mobile robots utilize advanced sensors for optimized navigation, terrain adaptability, weight assessment, and system integration.

HBK offers tailored sensors and wireless solutions for real-time data acquisition and system integration. IMUs and inertial navigation systems address localization needs. Committed to innovation, HBK enhances operational efficiency, reliability, and safety in mobile robotics.

Your Partner Through the Entire Lifecycle

HBK’s team of experienced engineers provide customised solutions tailored to your specific needs, enabling optimisation across sensors, electronics, and connections. These solutions are instrumental in measuring torque, mass, pressure, and more, particularly when standard sensors fall short. Seamlessly integrating data ensures flawless control functions. By collaborating with HBK’s OEM sensor experts, you can enhance the safety, durability, and efficiency of your robots and cobots, leveraging both the expertise of your product engineers and HBK’s specialised knowledge.

In laboratory environments, strain gauges, temperature sensors, and vibration sensors play crucial roles in conducting tests and analyses for fatigue, stress, durability, and other parameters. These sensors deliver reliable and reproducible measurements, vital for scientific experiments and quality control checks.

HBK also offers comprehensive testing and analysis solutions that complement simulation and physical testing, supporting designers throughout the sensor development.

HBK provides sensor, electronic, and wiring solutions adhering to rigorous quality standards, catering to manufacturers’ need for enhanced profitability and customer satisfaction while ensuring safety in robot design through data collection and analysis.

With manufacturing capabilities across the USA, EU, and Asia, HBK delivers scalable sensor volumes and integrated industrial process control solutions, meeting customer demands for flexibility, adaptability, and high precision in ongoing production processes.

HBK offers a wide range of reliable and customisable sensor technologies, ensuring optimal performance and safety for robot operators across various applications.

Moreover, our asset condition monitoring solutions allow for proactive maintenance planning, cost optimisation, and enhanced safety by detecting signs of wear or damage in mechanical parameters over time.

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