Kassow Robots, a Copenhagen-based manufacturer of high-performance seven-axis lightweight collaborative robots, today announced the launch of its new Kassow Robots Connector App for the operating system ctrlX AUTOMATION. The app enables seamless real-time integration of company’s cobots into the ctrlX OS environment, significantly simplifying commissioning, control, and system integration for industrial automation solutions.
As part of Bosch Rexroth AG, Kassow Robots expands the capabilities of the open automation platform ctrlX AUTOMATION to include robotic applications with this new app-based interface.
Previously, connecting ctrlX OS devices to Kassow Robots’ cobots required PLC programming and provided only limited real-time functionality. The newly developed Kassow Robots Connector App eliminates these constraints by making all relevant cobot data available in real time via the ctrlX Data Layer, while offering an intuitive user interface for setup, monitoring, and control.
Developers and operators can connect and monitor robots, execute motion commands, acknowledge alarms, and interact in jog mode directly from a ctrlX OS device. The solution also enables programming via CODESYS PLC or other apps from the ctrlX OS Ecosystem.
“Our goal is to reduce integration complexity for customers and partners,” said Kristian Kassow, founder and CEO of Kassow Robots. “By centralizing control, data access, and system interaction on ctrlX OS, we help accelerate commissioning and enable more flexible, intelligent automation solutions.”
By allowing seamless integration of partner technologies such as vision systems, grippers, and HMIs, the Connector App supports the development of intelligent automation solutions including palletizing, bin picking, and mobile robotics applications. For example, the company's cobots can be combined with the localization and navigation solutions of the Bosch Rexroth ROKIT Robotics Kit to create multi-technology mobile robotics solutions. Navigation, safety, motion control, and robot control can be centrally configured and managed via a single ctrlX OS device.
Key benefits include:
- Unified control architecture
- Direct real-time communication between cobot and control system
- Reduced integration and commissioning time
- Increased system flexibility through modular design
By enabling all components to interact via a common platform, the Kassow Robots Connector App simplifies development, integration, and future system updates.
