Abb Swifti
High-speed collaborative industrial robot
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SWIFTI is ABB's industrial collaborative robot designed to bridge the gap between traditional cobots and full industrial robots, combining collaborative safety with industrial-grade speed and precision. It uses ABB's SafeMove collaborative safety system together with a laser scanner so it can work alongside operators without fencing, slowing or stopping when a person enters its working area. It is aimed at applications such as assembly, polishing, and material handling where a human and robot share the workspace.
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Overview
SWIFTI is ABB's industrial collaborative robot, built on its IRB 1100 industrial platform to deliver the speed, robustness, and precision of an industrial robot while still allowing safe collaboration with human operators. It targets the gap between conventional collaborative robots, which are typically slow, and fully fenced industrial robots, which exclude people from the workspace.
The robot relies on ABB's SafeMove collaborative safety software paired with a safety laser scanner. When an operator enters SWIFTI's working area, the robot automatically slows down or stops; once the area is clear, it resumes and returns to full operating speed, enabling fenceless deployment in shared workspaces.
SWIFTI is suited to applications such as assembly, polishing, and material handling where a human needs to remain present for supervision, part repositioning, or finishing work alongside the robot. ABB lists the model as phased out and succeeded by the GoFa CRB 15000, though it states that support including spare parts and service remains available.
Key Features
- Fenceless human-robot collaboration using ABB's SafeMove collaborative safety system combined with a safety laser scanner that slows or stops the robot when an operator enters the working area
- Industrial-grade operating speed that is substantially faster than comparable collaborative robots in its class, narrowing the gap to fully industrial robots
- High positional precision suited to demanding tasks such as insertion, polishing, and screw-driving
- Flexible mounting in floor, ceiling/inverted, table, and wall orientations for integration into varied workcells
- Based on ABB's IRB 1100 industrial robot platform for robustness and accuracy
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Mechanics
| Locomotion | Wheeled |
Performance
| Max Speed | 2 m/s |
| Payload Capacity | 10 kg |
| Reach | 580 mm |
| Repeatability | 0.01 mm |
Physical
| Weight | 21 kg |
Power
| Battery Life | 8 hours |
Sensing
| Sensors | LiDAR, 3D cameras, safety scanners |
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