igus’s successful RBTX online marketplace, which helps users looking for cost-effective automation solutions, has been relaunched with new functions and automation feasibility demonstrations. Instead of needing to search across many different sources, machine builders and buyers will find a wide range of low-cost robotics components from many different manufacturers on RBTX, always with price and compatibility guarantees. To make it even easier to select the right parts or entire finished systems, igus has now relaunched the RBTX site in a new design, with new functions, and a new “Test before Invest” service.
Bundling all the possibilities of low-cost robotics on one platform and making automation as accessible as possible is the goal pursued by motion plastics specialist igus with its robotics marketplace RBTX.com. The online platform brings users and suppliers of low-cost robotics together quickly and easily, so that interested buyers can find the exact individual components or complete solutions for their automation concepts that meet their requirements and budget.
The RBTX community is growing fast.
“Seventy six partners have now come together on our RBTX marketplace,” says Adam Sanjurgo, Low-Cost Automation Product Manager at igus UK. “RBTX is available in nine countries and engineers currently have 259 different products to choose from – from robots to software, controllers and power electronics to cameras, grippers, sensors and motors.” All the components are combined and tested in advance so that igus can ensure they work 100% in sub-assemblies. “The plan is to continuously expand our online marketplace with additional partners and products so that users have instant access to an up-to-date and diverse offer in this fast-growing market segment,” says Sanjurgo.
Reach your goal faster because of improved user experience
An important corporate goal of igus is to “become the easiest company to deal with” in its markets, which also applies to the user-friendliness of online tools and platforms such as RBTX. “We analysed our website and gathered feedback from our customers to find out how we could further optimize the online marketplace and user experience,” says Sanjurgo. “With the new design, we want to create even more character and clarity, and enable it to be used more intuitively.
With “Test before Invest”, customers can conveniently send in their automation tasks to igus. The robotics specialists then test the robot installation free of charge, simulating the customer’s application.
