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Moonlight

About

About Moonlight

Moonlight combines a three-axis parallel mechanism with force sensing and adaptive control. The 38-kilogram robot provides a 400-millimetre vertical working range across a 1,200-millimetre-diameter workspace, with stated repeatability of ±0.05 millimetres, maximum speed of 1.5 metres per second and acceleration up to 15 metres per second squared.

The robot can be mounted at different orientations and uses a hollow tool flange for routing process equipment and vision connections. Flexiv’s Elements software supports graphical programming, jogging and floating hand-guided teaching through the Hesper controller. IP65 protection and force-sensitive operation support loading, unloading, polishing, fastening and inline processing where both speed and controlled contact are required.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Workflows: Fast pick-and-place, repeatable movement, industrial automation and speed-focused factory tasks.
  • Operating environments: Factories, packaging lines, sorting cells and high-throughput automation environments.
  • Target markets: Manufacturers, integrators and automation teams needing parallel-robot speed rather than adaptive arm flexibility.
  • Deployment model: Development-stage product in Flexiv's broader industrial robot lineup.
  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Claimed - 2023-01-30 - Moonlight combines Flexiv force control with a three-degree-of-freedom parallel-robot architecture.

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Timeline

  • Flexiv launches Moonlight force-controlled parallel robot

    2023-01-30 - Product Launch - Moonlight combines Flexiv force control with a three-degree-of-freedom parallel-robot architecture. The system targets screw fastening, ultra-accurate loading, polishing and sanding applications. Flexiv said commercial availability would begin in the third quarter of 2023.

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Context

Market context

Moonlight Parallel Robot is Flexiv's high-speed industrial robot architecture for repeatable factory automation.

  • Target environment: Factories, packaging lines, sorting cells and high-throughput automation environments.
  • Workflow context: Fast pick-and-place, repeatable movement, industrial automation and speed-focused factory tasks.
  • Customer context: Manufacturers, integrators and automation teams needing parallel-robot speed rather than adaptive arm flexibility.
  • Deployment model: Development-stage product in Flexiv's broader industrial robot lineup.
  • Commercial maturity: Publicly described product with limited detailed deployment evidence.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on cycle time, payload, workspace, integration, controls, service support and fit against established delta robots.
  • Market position: Speed-focused parallel robot lane that broadens Flexiv beyond adaptive collaborative arms.
  • Adjacent products: ABB FlexPicker, FANUC DR-3iB, Omron Quattro, Yaskawa delta robots

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