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Micro-manipulation

Mecademic’s solutions offer a range of benefits for micro-manipulation applications. Our compact six-axis industrial robot arm, the Meca500, provides six degrees of freedom and flexibility, allowing for greater control over micro-manipulation systems. The Meca500 is easy to integrate, with the ability to interface quickly and easily via Ethernet cable and optional APIs for Python, C++, and ROS. Its end-effector can also be controlled in position and velocity modes, enabling fast, large-amplitude motions and slow, micrometer incremental steps. The Meca500 robot is highly precise and versatile, able to be mounted in any orientation, and equipped with virtually any small end effector. It requires minimal maintenance and is exceptionally quiet during operation. Thanks to its velocity mode and Mecademic’s Python API, you can easily interface any joystick or haptic device with the Meca500.

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Why choose the Meca500 robot arm for your micro-manipulation system?

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Interface quickly and easily

Unlike most other micro-manipulation solutions and industrial robots, the Meca500 is an automation component that is easy to integrate. Simply connect a computer to the Meca500 using an Ethernet cable and stream Mecademic’s motion and request commands over TCP/IP. To simplify the use of Meca500 further, we’ve created optional APIs for Python, C++, and ROS. The Meca500 comes with an embedded web interface and requires no software installations.

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Benefit from precision and versatility

The Meca500 is a six-axis industrial robot arm that is the most compact, lightweight, and precise on the market. The Meca500 can also be mounted in any orientation and be easily equipped with virtually any small end effector, including our optional electric gripper or pneumatic tool.

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Use your robot in both position and velocity mode

The end effector of the Meca500 can be controlled in absolute and relative position modes, enabling it to make both fast, large-amplitude motions and slow, micrometer incremental steps. In addition, you may control the velocity of the end effector at 500 Hz for fluid and intuitive micromanipulation. You may easily jog the robot with the help of a 6-axis or 3-axis USB joystick, with minimum programming.

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Avoid robot maintenance (and earplugs)

Built with the highest quality components and absolute encoders, the Meca500 requires no oil or battery changes. If ever you prefer to swap or add a robot, this can be done in minutes. It is also so silent you may forget to switch it off!

Choose the right Mecademic robot for your micro-manipulation system

SCARA Robot

If your application contains small parts presented on horizontal surfaces, and if the parts can be inserted without reorienting them about non-vertical axes, then our SCARA robot is the perfect candidate for your robotic automated assembly application.

Meca500 Robot

In some automated assembly scenarios, our Meca500 robot arm is a better fit. Choose the six-axis robot if:

 

  • your application involves working with parts that are presented in different orientations (such as in 3D bin picking) or that need to be reoriented about non-vertical axes;
  • small tilting motions are required during the fitting process, even when parts theoretically remain horizontal;
  • your application does not have a horizontal mounting surface;
  • a tool turret end effector is used.

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