Collaborative robots are transforming the way humans and machines work together.
HBK provides advanced force, torque, and load sensors that give collaborative robots a true sense of touch for safe and intelligent operation.
Our compact, multi-axis cobot sensors deliver precision, real-time feedback, and plug-and-play integration for seamless human-robot collaboration.
Compact Precision
High-resolution force and torque sensors in a compact design, enabling delicate handling and accurate assembly.
Safe Collaboration
Real-time monitoring of load, force, and torque enables smooth, predictable, and safe cobot interactions with humans.
Reliable Integration
Robust sensors with long-term stability and plug-and-play compatibility, for effortless integration with control systems.
Collaborative robots tackle Industry 4.0 challenges by offering precision, dexterity, stability, and the ability to handle heavy loads, all while operating in confined spaces. Achieving these capabilities demands dedicated engineering, including the integration of custom sensors for safety, control, and data collection. These sensors enable real-time decision-making by accurately measuring force, torque, and other parameters.
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Collaborative robots must handle components safely, accurately, and with flexible payloads. With HBK end-effector and load sensors, cobots achieve precision and repeatability in industrial tasks.
Key benefits for handling applications:
The adaptability of cobots depends on precise force/torque sensing. HBK sensors enable advanced motion control, teleoperation, and human-guided interactions.
Key benefits for motion control and haptics:
When cobots are paired with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), robust load and stability monitoring is crucial. HBK sensors ensure safe navigation and reliable parcel handling.
Key benefits for logistics and mobile cobots:
Safety is the foundation of cobot design. HBK sensors ensure compliance with ISO 10218:2025 and ISO/TS 15066, providing protection in all collaborative operations.
Key benefits for safety applications:
A 6DoF force/torque sensor measures forces and torques along all six axes, enabling precise assembly, compliant motion, and advanced cobot applications.
Load cells track payload weight in real time, preventing overloads and ensuring safe, consistent handling in machine tending and palletising.
IMUs provide motion tracking, acceleration, and orientation data, enhancing navigation stability and collision avoidance in AMR and cobot systems.
6DoF sensors monitor contact forces, allowing cobots to limit applied power and force, protecting operators and delicate parts.
Inertial and vision-based sensors help cobots adjust speed or stop when a human enters the workspace, ensuring safe collaboration.
6DoF and load sensors provide accuracy and overload protection, ensuring repeatable, collision-free handling in logistics applications.
Multi-axis feedback maintains constant contact pressure, guaranteeing consistent welds, smooth polishing, and extended lifetime of tools.
6DoF sensors deliver torque and force feedback, ensuring controlled tightening, precise insertion, and reduced defect rates.
Enable your collaborative robot to sense, protect, and perform with HBK’s expertise in measurement. Explore our plug-and-play sensing solutions – or co-develop a custom sensor, from prototype to full-scale manufacturing.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, MicroStrain and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
