Kawasaki RS020N

The Kawasaki RS020N is a six-axis industrial arm aimed at general handling and machine tending. It pairs a 20 kg payload with a 1,725 mm reach, a balance the record frames as a solid all-rounder. Its six axes provide the degrees of freedom expected of a general-purpose handling arm, and at 230 kg it reads as a common fit for general industry cells.

On the floor, the arm turns up in material handling, machine tending, and packaging cells. Its 20 kg rating covers common end effectors and typical part weights in those cells. Where the tooling gets heavier, the mid payload starts to bite, and that's the ceiling on what it'll carry.

The 1,725 mm reach gives it a work envelope suited to mid-size cells rather than long-reach jobs. Its reach is moderate next to specialty long-reach models, so very deep or wide layouts can push past its span. For most general industry work, that envelope and the 20 kg payload cover the job.

Mounting runs to the floor or the ceiling, and the ceiling option adds flexibility in how a cell gets arranged. It's built to integrate in a straightforward way with common end effectors. The record also calls it reliable in continuous multi-shift use.

Motion runs through the F01 / E01 controller, and repeatability holds to 0.04 mm. Protection is rated IP67 wrist / IP65 base axis. Those figures place it in the general-purpose band rather than at the high-precision or heavy-duty extremes, which matches how the record positions it.

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