Our Mobile Autonomous Cobot (M.A.C) provides the the mobility of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) with the capabilities of a collaborative robot to bring automation where it’s needed — when it’s needed.
Instead of dedicating automation to a single workstation, M.A.C can autonomously move throughout your facility, perform a task and move on to the next.
What Is M.A.C?
AMR + Cobot + Integrated Controls
MAC is a mobile robotic platform designed for flexible manufacturing environments.
Built around proven Omron technology, MAC combines an autonomous mobile robot and collaborative robot with an integrated PLC, HMI, safety and controls package — creating a complete platform ready to be engineered around your application.
One mobile platform. Multiple processes. Greater flexibility.
Automate
Take on repetitive, labor-intensive and flexible automation tasks.
MAC brings robotic automation directly to the work instead of requiring the work to come to the robot.
Applications can include:
- Machine tending
- Pick-and-place
- Assembly
- Inspection
- Packing
- Kitting
- Inventory tracking
- Mobile palletizing
- Material handling
Move
Put automation where you need it.
Traditional robotic automation stays where you install it. MAC moves.
The autonomous mobile platform can navigate between workstations, machines and processes throughout your facility — allowing a single automation platform to support multiple areas of production.
That can be especially valuable when automation demand changes throughout the day or permanently dedicating a robot to one process doesn’t make sense.
Adapt
Built for flexible manufacturing.
Production changes. Products change. Labor demands change.
MAC gives manufacturers another way to automate environments where flexibility matters.
Reconfigure tasks, support multiple workstations or adapt the platform as production needs evolve — without building an entirely new automation cell for every process.
More Than a Cobot on an AMR
MAC is designed as an integrated automation platform — not simply a robot mounted on a mobile base.
The system can incorporate the controls, interfaces, tooling, sensing and application-specific technology needed to perform real production tasks.
Integrated Controls
PLC, HMI, safety and controls provide the foundation for a complete automation solution.
Application Engineering
Sure Controls can engineer the platform around your process, equipment and production requirements.
End-of-Arm Tooling
Configure MAC for the parts, processes and tasks it needs to perform.
Vision & Sensing
Add machine vision, identification and sensing technologies for more advanced applications.
Expand What MAC Can Do
MAC can be configured with additional technologies to support applications throughout your operation.
Automated Quality Inspection (AQI)
Visual, and contact inspection for automated quality checks.
Assembly & Process
Insertion, dispensing, gluing, welding, screwdriving and other production processes.
Packaging
Sorting, kitting, bagging, packing and palletizing.
Where Does Mobile Automation Make Sense?
MAC may be a strong fit when:
- Automation is needed at multiple locations
- Production volumes or workflows frequently change
- Operators spend significant time on repetitive tasks
- Machines require intermittent tending rather than a dedicated robot
- Material and parts need to move between processes
- Floor space makes permanent automation difficult
- You want to automate incrementally without locking equipment into one process
Built on Omron. Engineered by Sure Controls.
Sure Controls is Omron’s exclusive MAC partner for the United States and Mexico.
Our automation engineers can help evaluate your application, determine where mobile automation makes sense and engineer MAC around your process.
From controls and robotics to vision, safety, tooling and system integration, we bring the pieces together into a solution designed for your operation.
Could MAC Work in Your Facility?
You don’t need to know exactly how to automate the process before talking with us.
Show us the task, process or production challenge you’re trying to solve. We’ll help determine whether MAC — or another automation approach — makes sense.