The industrial robot controller is a cornerstone of any efficient manufacturing environment, playing a big role in ensuring its security, performance and safety. Minimizing latency systemwide is a key objective to achieve real-time robot movement control, as any delay in processing sensor data and executing commands can undermine performance. With cyberattacks posing severe threats to the data integrity of the industrial robot, potentially disrupting the entire manufacturing process, security must be top priority. At the same time, designers need to integrate protocols for safe and efficient interactions between human operators and robots to prevent accidents.
To address these issues, engineers need control unit solutions that enhance real-time processing and boost data speed, supplying sufficient bandwidth to manage the high-volume data streams from multiple sensors without lags in robot response. For cybersecurity protection, control units must be integrated with system communication protocols to maintain data integrity. Furthermore, designing for safety on the factory floor requires adhering to relevant standards and conducting rigorous testing and validation.
Molex offers a range of solutions to meet these challenges. As an early entrant into single-pair Ethernet (SPE) technology, Molex provides proven high-speed data transmission capabilities throughout industrial settings, making seamless end-to-end IP-based communication possible for robotic control units, sensors and actuators. Expertise in Network Interface Security Cards helps customers implement secure and stable communication protocols for industrial automation applications. Additionally, Molex’s proficiency in CIP Safety and PROFIsafe compliance guarantees reliable industrial automation connector performance across various environments, supporting safe and efficient robotic systems.
