COWI >>ROBOTIC ARM NEWZZZ/ CoroWare Announces Affordable High-Capacity Robotic Arm
CoroBot RA-144 Offers Best Price Performance in the Industry
Marketwired CoroWare, Inc.
November 6, 2013 9:01 AM
CHARLOTTE, NC--(Marketwired - Nov 6, 2013) - CoroWare Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of CoroWare, Inc. (OTCQB: COWI), announced today availability and pricing for the CoroBot® RA-144™ Robotic Arm, a powerful robot arm that complements the CoroBot smart unmanned ground vehicle (Smart UGV) and robotics development platform for researchers and educators.
The CoroBot RA-144™ has a load capacity of 1.7 pounds (0.77 kilograms), provides an extended reach of 44 inches (1.18 meters), supports up to five degrees of freedom (including end effector), and weighs only 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms). CoroBot RA-144 contains two elbow joints which allows different configurations to lift different weights. The arm can bend one or both elbows, or move the shoulder to adjust its reach configurations.
"Robotics researchers and educators are looking for affordable robotic arms with a good reach and a payload to complete their projects within today's budgetary constraints," said Rayomand Vatcha, principal roboticist at CoroWare Technologies. "The CoroBot RA-144 was designed to be a versatile solution for both indoor and outdoor working environments."
At the end effector, different kinds of sensors can be mounted readily for studying the objects in environments or a gripper can be added to manipulate objects. The gripper design can be customized as required by our customers.
Pricing and Availability
The CoroBot RA-144 is available today with a list price that starts at US $4,995 without gripper, $5,995 with gripper. For a complete list of CoroBot RA-144 features, specifications and pricing, please visit http://robotics.coroware.com/ra144.
About CoroWare
Headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, CoroWare is a solutions integrator with expertise in affordable and open mobile robotics and data analytics.
CoroWare is recognized as an innovative mobile robotics solutions integrator in the research community because of its expertise in Robot Operating System (ROS), robotics simulation, and robotics application development. CoroWare's CoroBot product line has been shipped to over 90 corporate and academic researchers in over 25 countries worldwide.
For more information on CoroWare and its products and services, please visit www.coroware.com.
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Contact:
Investor Relations
Shanna Gerrard
CoroWare, Inc.
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