GoFa™ 6-axis Collaborative Robot

ABB has expanded its collaborative robot portfolio with the introduction of the new 6-axis GoFa™ CRB (Collaborative RoBot) 15000, to support the growing demand for a collaborative robot capable of handling heavier payloads to enhance productivity and flexibility.

The easy-to-use GoFa CRB 15000 collaborative robot features intelligent sensors in each joint to support close human and robot collaboration, enabling class-leading reach and speed for payloads up to 12 kg 

Designed to safely work directly and continuously alongside humans and to be very easy to install and use, GoFa will help businesses automate processes involving heavier loads and longer reaches to assist workers with repetitive and ergonomically challenging tasks.

With a class-leading reach of 950mm, and offering speeds up to 2.2 meters per second, GoFa offers an effective solution for a variety of applications, including material handling, machine tending, component assembly, packaging, palletizing, and inspection, as well as laboratory automation.

GoFa incorporates a range of features that allow it to be used directly alongside human workers without the space and expense associated with physical barriers or fences. Enabling a robot and human to continuously share the same workspace and cooperate on the same tasks, without jeopardizing speed and safety, allows for maximum flexibility and efficiency.

GoFa features intelligent torque and position sensors in each of its six joints to offer superior power and force limiting performance. These joints eliminate the risk of injury to human workers by sensing any unexpected contact between the cobot’s arm and a human to bring the robot arm to a stop within milliseconds.

Users can easily program GoFa via lead-through programming and ABB’s new Wizard easy programming software. Based on simple graphical blocks, Wizard makes it easy for non-specialists to automate their applications. The blocks represent actions such as ‘move to location’, ‘pick up an object’, and ‘repeat task’, making it easy and intuitive to build a series of simple processes for the robot to perform.

Every ABB cobot installation includes a start-up package that provides ABB Ability™ condition monitoring & diagnostics as well as a support hotline free for the first six months to access ABB’s expert technical assistance, which is offering support across all industry segments.

Key features

• Payloads of 5kg, 10kg and 12kg are available.
• Up to 1.62 m reach: 14 percent longer than other comparable cobots.
• With a TCP speed of up to 2.2 m/s,* GoFa is faster than other cobots in its class
• Small footprint, lightweight manipulator and ability to mount in any direction (wall and floor mount etc.).
• 6-axis agility.
• Standard flange on axis 6.
• Integrated joint design with torque and positioning sensors in each of GoFa’s six joints for superior power and force limiting to offer safe contact with humans.
• Interaction status light to communicate cobot status - white (standby)/ green (running production) / yellow (programming) / red (stop).
• SafeMove Configurator app on the ABB FlexPendant.
• Powered by OmniCore™ controller with best-in-class motion control functions.
• PL d certified safety functions built in. Safety certified PL d Cat 3.
• Up to IP67 protection.
• Ease of use: quick calibration and configuration.
• Ease of use: Wizard Easy Programming.
• Ease of use: Lead-through programming by ‘grabbing’ anywhere on the robot.
• Ease of use: Arm-Side Interface (ASI) on axis 6.
• Powered by OmniCore with best-in-class motion control and save up to 20% energy consumption