Seventh-Axis Tracks for Cobots, Air Bearings for Eased Track Movement

At Automate 2025, Güdel unveiled the CoboMover, a seventh-axis linear track purpose-built for cobots and lightweight robots. The CoboMover (pictured) extends the working range of robots to 5 m, allowing them to operate multiple workstations and perform a variety of tasks without manual repositioning. Compatible with more than 60 cobots and small traditional robots, it offers mounting positions at 0 and 180 deg. and features a maximum payload, including robot weight, of 78 kg. The CoboMover’s drive system utilizes a toothed belt and Güdel’s HPG045 angular gearbox. Available stroke lengths: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 mm. It offers a maximum speed of 2 m/sec. and a maximum acceleration of 2 m/s^², providing a repeatability of ± 0.05 mm.

Güdel also demonstrated a modular track system fitted with air bearings that solves two major constraints: mobility within large workspaces and facility layout limitations. Using just 5 psi, the air-bearing solution levitates the company’s TMF-4B track, weighing 3800 lb., 13 mm above ground, enabling it to float easily into and out of position on a cushion of air. Initially developed for aircraft-painting applications, the solution eliminates the need for cranes, high-payload forklifts or embedded rails.

See also: Gudel, Inc.

Technologies: Pressroom Automation

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