EPSON Robots Value Initiative Offers “First Class Performance at a Coach Fare” Carson, CA — May 26, 2006 – EPSON Robots, the global leader in PC controlled, precision robots introduced today the EPSON Micro PowerDrive™, a new low cost, high performance controls platform that provides the ultimate experience in ease of use, compact size, and reliability at incredible new value based prices. The EPSON Micro PowerDrive creates a new class of robot controls products by combining high performance with low price. “The new EPSON Micro PowerDrive gives users high performance robots at lower costs. We call it First Class Performance at a Coach Price,” stated Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots.
“The Micro PowerDrive controller with EPSON SCARA and Pro Six robots is tearing down barriers to applications that may have been cost prohibitive in the past. By providing users with high performance robots at value prices, more automation opportunities for new applications and new industries will be created.” At the heart of the Micro PowerDrive is the new EPSON PowerDrive servo technology that provides superior path control, incredibly fast accel/decel times, and tremendous overall motion capabilities all in an ultra compact form factor. As the industry’s smallest 6-axis robot controller, the Micro PowerDrive, at 1/4 the size of previous EPSON controllers, can even be mounted inside a standard cabinet panel (next to a PLC) saving valuable factory floor space.
The Micro PowerDrive is available with all EPSON E2 SCARA and Pro Six 6-axis robots and includes an enhanced new version of the popular EPSON RC+ development environment. With powerful features such as 16 task multitasking, the full featured SPEL+ programming language, project management, source level debugging with EPSON SmartSense™ technology and more, the Micro PowerDrive with EPSON RC+ helps reduce development time thus allowing developers to build automation systems faster and easier.
About Epson Robots
EPSON Robots is the global leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of over 17,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a 20 year heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries.
