Nextage

Name: Nextage
Rating: 3.9 (201 reviews)

A two-armed robot with a white, gray, orange body. — Nextage has two arms for precision assembly of parts. Photo: Kawada Industries

The Nextage is a factory robot intended to operate safely around people. It has two arms and multiple cameras and can partner with (or take over from) humans at different step-by-step assembly tasks.

Creator

Kawada Industries

Year

2009

Country

Japan 🇯🇵

Categories

Industrial

Features

Nextage assembles a circuit. Video: K. Moriyama

Did you know?

Nextage robots are easy to move around, since each one sits on its own little trolley cart.

The robot and a human clothed in a hat and worker jumpsuit stand in front of a cart. — Robot and human work together. Photo: Kawada Industries

Three Nextage robots manipulate objects on a green surface at a trade fair. — Three Nextages at a trade show. Photo: Kawada Industries

Specs

Overview: Equipped with cameras on its head and hands. Capable of lifting 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) on each hand. Position repeatability within 0.03 mm.
Status: Ongoing
Year: 2009
Website: kawadarobot.co.jp/en/nextage
Width: 59.7 cm
Height: 71.4 cm
Length: 27 cm
Weight: 28 kg
Sensors: Stereo camera in the head and additional cameras in the hands.
Actuators: Motors with up to 80 watts
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 15 (Arm: 6 DoF x 2; Neck: 2 DoF; Waist: 1 DoF)
Compute: Intel Atom CPU and digital servo controllers with CORBA and Ethernet interface.
Software: QNX real-time OS
Power: 85-V to 264-V AC power supply