Mini45 is ATI Industrial Automation's compact six-axis force/torque sensor family for robot wrists, grippers, teleoperation rigs, and manipulation research.
Target environment: Robot arms, dexterous hands, grippers, teleoperation systems, lab automation rigs, and manipulation research platforms.
Workflow context: Contact-force measurement, wrist feedback, grasp evaluation, insertion tasks, teleoperation feedback, and manipulation-control data capture.
Customer context: Robot OEMs, research labs, integrators, gripper makers, and automation teams building contact-rich manipulation systems.
Deployment model: Sensor integration between robot flange and end effector, with calibration and signal processing matched to the customer application.
Commercial maturity: Commercial ATI force/torque sensor family with public model and calibration information.
Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on force range, overload protection, mechanical adapter design, calibration, controller integration, and whether the task needs six-axis feedback.
Market position: Manipulation feedback component for robotics and automation systems.
Adjacent products: OAK-D Pro AI Stereo Camera, AK80-9 V3.0 Robotic Actuator, CSD-2A Component Set
Audience
Robot OEMs
Workflow
Contact-force measurement, wrist feedback, grasp evaluation, insertion tasks, teleoperation feedback, and manipulation-control data capture.
Deployment environment
Robot arms, dexterous hands, grippers, teleoperation systems, lab automation rigs, and manipulation research platforms.
Specifications
Features: axes: Fx, Fy, Fz, Tx, Ty, Tz; latency: Less than 1 ms; sample rate: Up to 40 kHz; accuracy: 0.75–1.25% full scale
Through Hole: Low-profile body with through-hole routing for linkages, cabling or shafts.
Applications: Teleoperation, robotic surgery, robotic-hand research, haptics and robotic arm control.
Payload Capacity: xy force range: ±580 N maximum calibration; z force range: ±1160 N maximum calibration; torque range: ±20 Nm maximum calibration