“我们愿景的关键是，让机器人在工作场所像今天的笔记本电脑一样为人所熟悉，”ABB 机器人与离散自动化总裁 Sami Atiya 说道。 ABB 的新型 GoFa 协作式机器人展示了良好的工业设计如何帮助实现这一愿景。 继 2015 年推出协作式机器人 YuMi 之后，随着全新的 GoFa 六轴协作式机器人的亮相，ABB 在人机协作方面树立了新颖而强大的形象。 由于其面向用户的设计，GoFa 明显不同于经典的工业机器人，它传达了一种强烈的实用性和用户友好性的概念。 在不需要空间安全限制的情况下，机器人与用户共享相同的工作空间，使他们的工作更加轻松。 GoFa 的有效载荷为 5 kg，工作范围可达 95 cm，能够精确地拾取、移动和放置物体，并利用这一能力处理材料、维护机器、组装组件和包装产品。 其重量较低，仅为 27 kg，且占地面积小，该机器人可用于需要重复执行要求更高和需要自动化的活动。 其设计以人类同事易于理解的方式反映了机器人的运动和抓取方向。 这增强了安全性和信任感。 机器人上臂上的用户界面有两个可定制的按钮和一个状态指示灯，即使新手用户也可以快速轻松地进行编程。 ABB 协作式机器人全球产品经理 Andie Zhang 表示：“任何能操作平板电脑或智能手机的人都可以操作我们的机器人。”

“Key to our vision is to make robots as familiar in the workplace as a laptop is today,” said Sami Atiya, President of ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation. The new GoFa cobot by ABB demonstrates how good industrial design can help make this vision a reality. After the collaborative robot YuMi from 2015, ABB is taking a novel and strong stand in human-robot collaboration with the debut of the new GoFa six-axis collaborative robot. Thanks to its user-oriented design, which clearly distinguishes itself from classic industrial robots, GoFa conveys a strong notion of utility and user-friendliness. Without the need for spatial safety limitations, the robot shares the same workspace with its users and makes their work easier. With a payload of 5 kg and a reach of 95 cm, GoFa is able to pick up, move and place objects with precision and use this capability to handle materials, tend machines, assemble components and package products. Due to its low weight of 27 kg and a small footprint, the robot can be used wherever more demanding activities have to be performed repeatedly and need to be automated. Its design reflects the robot’s direction of movement and grasping in a manner that is easy to understand by human co-workers. This augments safety and trust. The user interface on the robot’s upper arm, with two customisable buttons and a status light indicator, enables even novice users to carry out programming quickly and easily. “Anyone who can handle a tablet or smartphone can also operate our cobots,” says Andie Zhang, Global Product Manager Collaborative Robotics at ABB.