If you think about it, the industrial robot, despite the fact that it historically hasn't looked at all like a human, has always been anthropomorphized, either in terms of application or as in the description of the elements of the device. But Motoman is changing that. Its dual-arm robots -- the DA20, the DIA10, and the SDA 10 -- are true industrial robots, yet they have an overall configuration that has distinct humanoid qualities. In addition to creating a slim robot, Motoman's engineers have been working for some years on control technology. Not only have efforts been made to simplify programming and operations, but also to allow a single control to operate more than one robot at the same time. The latest control is its NX100, which has the ability to simultaneously handle 32 axes. Now, moving beyond even that Motoman is coming out with the SDA10, which is even more human-like, inasmuch as it is a slimmed down version of the DIA10.

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