Toshiba Machine (TM), a producer of industrial robots for more than two decades, has announced the launch of two new collaborative robots (cobots), expanding on the company's line of industrial robots. The newly announced cobots - a humanoid dual-arm cobot and a SCARA dual-arm cobot - are the first cobots from TM. Both will be available in 2021. TM's humanoid cobot features a 6kg maximum payload for each arm or 10kg when used in combination. It was developed for human-machine collaboration in parts assembly and inspection processes. The collaborative SCARA robot expands on TM's experience manufacturing traditional SCARA robots. The collaborative SCARA robot features two arms and is suited to fastpaced handling applications. According to TM, the SCARA demonstrates how a cobot can be used in delicate electronics handling and packaging applications - a task usually limited to highly accurate industrial machines. Both cobots will be available with robotic vision systems. Also, starting April 1, 2020, TM will return to its original name of Shibaura Machine. The name change represents a formal separation from Toshiba Corporation, but will not impact the new product releases mentioned here.
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