Realtime Robotics
Realtime Robotics wins Gold Merit Award for Technology.
Realtime Robotics has been made a Gold Winner of the 2024 Merit Awards for Technology in the robotics category. The collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots’ solutions provider has been recognised for its ability to eliminate production bottlenecks whilst also improving productivity levels.
The company optimises solutions that utilise a combination of proprietary software and experienced robotics and application engineering insights to improve productivity levels and reduce workcell cycle times. By analysing a user’s digital twin, bottleneck areas can be identified and recommendations made without interfering with ongoing production processes.
“We knew that some of the biggest challenges for manufacturers were assembly line bottlenecks that increased cycle time and slowed productivity,” said Peter Howard, CEO of Realtime Robotics. “While it was commonly understood that improving robot movement plans and paths could break a bottleneck, it was also a manual, time-consuming process that few organisations had time for.”
He continued, “We developed our Optimisation solution to automate the process, rapidly evaluating and testing out potential robot movements and actions alongside different configurations, ultimately finding the solution with the shortest cycle time. This award is a testament to the hard work of our team in bringing a solution to life that can so dramatically impact a manufacturing operation.”
By sending a simulation CAD file, Realtime Robotics can use proprietary algorithms to optimise workcells in a matter of days and can generate and test hundreds of thousands of potential robot paths, sequences, poses, and end-of-arm-tool rotations and complex robot interlocks. The end goal is to reduce cycle times by recommending better robot paths and sequences.