Challenge: Ensuring Safety in Collaborative Robotics
The integration of robots into human-centric environments offers immense potential for productivity and operational efficiency. However, it introduces significant safety challenges, particularly in collaborative robotics (cobots). Ensuring safe human-robot interactions is critical, yet traditional safety measures, such as vision, proximity, and force/torque sensors, face limitations. High false-positive rates, sensitivity to environmental factors, and slower response times compromise safety, disrupt workflows, and reduce overall productivity in high-stakes industrial settings.
Use of CEMF: A Revolutionary Approach
Ontech Group’s Controlled Electromagnetic Field (CEMF) technology addresses these challenges by providing unmatched precision, adaptability, and reliability in human detection. Unlike conventional sensors, Ontech CEMF® leverages controlled electromagnetic fields to deliver accurate and consistent results, even in complex environments with poor lighting, physical barriers, or varying depths. Its ability to detect human presence precisely, while ignoring static objects or irrelevant movements, minimises false alarms and ensures reliable operation in dynamic industrial settings.
What We Did: Implementing Wardiam Safety and Wardiam Robot
To address safety challenges, Ontech Group developed two solutions with Ontech CEMF® technology: Wardiam Safety and Wardiam Robot. These systems target distinct yet interrelated aspects of human-robot safety and operational efficiency.
Wardiam Safety: Human-Centric Detection Technology
Wardiam Safety employs advanced Ontech CEMF® -based sensors to ensure safe operations in dynamic, human-centric environments. It detects human presence with precision, differentiates humans from static objects, and reduces false alarms, maintaining seamless operations.
Wardiam Robot: Dynamic and Adaptive Safety Zones
Wardiam Robot uses dynamic safety zones to ensure secure and efficient human-robot collaboration. These adaptive zones adjust in real time to human proximity, gradually reducing the robot’s speed and stopping operations if safety thresholds are crossed. This proactive approach prioritises safety without compromising productivity.
The Result: Transforming Collaborative Workspaces
Ontech CEMF® technology forms the foundation of the Wardiam Robot and Wardiam Safety solutions, delivering transformative capabilities to enhance safety, operational continuity, and efficiency in collaborative robotics. These solutions combine real-time detection, adaptive safety zones, and advanced monitoring to prevent accidents, ensure uninterrupted workflows, and optimise safety and productivity in collaborative robotics.
A Vision for the Future
As industries continue to integrate robotics, Ontech CEMF® technology remains at the forefront, addressing safety challenges and optimising human-robot collaboration. By redefining safety standards, Ontech Group is paving the way for a future where humans and robots work in harmony to drive progress across sectors like manufacturing, logistics, and beyond.
