Robot Technologies

Epson, which produced the world's first quartz wristwatch, first developed SCARA robots to volume-produce watch movements, which are the sophisticated internal mechanisms that move the hands. We began selling SCARA robots in 1983.

The volume production of high-quality movements requires speed and accuracy like that possessed by skilled workers for long periods of time. Epson sought to satisfy these demands by refining its robot control technology and combining it with sensing technology based on its crystal devices. The result was a breakthrough in robot control technology.

Epson has refined its image recognition and high-precision sensing technologies for controlling force and acceleration, delivering superior performance and usability to meet increasingly complex market demands and lower the barriers to automation.

Force Sensors

Force sensors provide robots with capabilities similar to human senses.

Servo Control with Gyro Sensors

To achieve high-speed, high-precision robot control, servo control with gyro sensors reduces the vibration of the robot.

Spectroscopic Camera

We have successfully automated appearance inspections that formerly relied on human eyesight by using a compact, lightweight spectroscopic camera.

Auto-Accelerator and Auto-Speed

Automatically set acceleration and speed to large values while limiting vibration to the range set for the motor regardless of how the robot moves.

Vibration Reduction Technology

Vibration reduction technology minimizes vibration caused by robot movement and enables low-cost, flexible system design.

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