What are the advantages and disadvantages on the I/O Coupling?

The I/O coupling is wonderful, but this product has some disadvantages and limitations. 

Knowledge

Advantage :

  • About the I/O Coupling the main advantage is you plug it directly into the wrist of the robot. You don't have any cable along the arm.  So it avoids a lot of problems like breaking the cables ...
  • Grip check is available

 

Limitations : 

But the limitations are : 

  • You have only 4 presets you can use for example :


You can modify the preset on your computer by plugin the I/O Coupling. 

  • Position Feedback feature is not available. For example, ​you cannot have the feedback on how many millimeters the gripper is open.
  • You cannot plug a dual Gripper.

If you want more information on this product, you can have a look at the documentation available on the Website Support:  https://robotiq.com/support. You can find it in the documentation of the gripper in this section :