June 25, 2009 - EPSON Robots announced the RS3 Robot, featuring all the benefits of a typical SCARA. The EPSON RS3 is literally a zero footprint robot, thus saving customers valuable floor space. No other robot vendor offers a 350mm SCARA arm featuring a greatest working quadrangle greater than that of a typical 750mm SCARA arm. It is also capable of easy integration into compact assembly cells. Furthermore, the work envelope allows for design flexibility with 450 degrees of axis rotation for omni directional access.
The EPSON RS3 is perfect for lab automation and other process heavy applications where large quantities of parts are presented to process or testing stations. The Micro PowerDrive RC180 Controller comes standard with the EPSON RS3 robot which provides ease of use, compact size, and reliability. In addition, the RC180 controller provides EPSON RC+ Controls software and fully integrated options such as: Vision Guidance, .Net support, Profibus, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP and much more.