ABB — IRB 6600
"Since the mid-90's, ABB relied on Wind River's technology as an operational foundation to accomplish our design goals. In the case of the IRB 6600, we were able to get a head start on the project and focus on the complex programming that makes this new robot more humanoid and flexible that any of its predecessors or competitors in its class," said Kent Vasberg, manager of base software development at ABB Robotics. "Wind River's technology allowed us to focus on innovation and competitive differentiation, so ABB can offer manufacturers creative solutions to bring greater automation, control and efficiency to their production lines."
| March 31, 2003 | ABB's Next Generation Of Industrial Power Robot Grabs Wind River "Cool Customer Design" Award |
| Challenge | Solution | Results |
| ABB needed to build a next generation robot to meet the changing manufacturers requirements – a compact production cell that allows manufacturers the freedom to modify their production environments without having to reorganize the entire production line.
Developing next-generation robots with connected control systems that allow remote customization, managemenet, and monitoring. Building a robot that anticipates service levels and meets stringent safety standards. | Wind River provided device software for the control system of ABB's next-generation robot, the IRB 6600.
Wind River solution allowed ABB to customize the robot to control different tasks and build additional applications simply. Wind River's device software solutions also provided ABB with key networking technologies, allowing ABB to build a Service Information System (SIS) into the IRB 6600. Wind River met with ABB's internal safety critical standard "Active Safety". | Wind River Technology Innovations allow ABB to make IRB 6600 Industrial Robot more humanoid and flexible than predecessors.
SABB delivered an innovative and the most-compact robot in its class -- on time Device Software in the IRB6600 system can anticipate service levels, which allows users to monitor the motion and load of the robot remotely through an Ethernet connection to a handheld device or a PC. |
