Adept s350 Cobra - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 1: Introduction
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Figure 1-2. Robot Joint Motions
Adept SmartController
The SmartController is the foundation of Adept’s family of high-performance distributed
motion controllers. The SmartController is designed for use with:
l Adept Cobra™ s-Series robots
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Adept Quattro™ robots
l Adept Viper™ s-series robots
l Adept Python™ linear modules
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Adept MotionBlox-10™
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Adept sMI6™ (SmartMotion)
The SmartController supports a conveyor tracking option, as well as other options. There are
two models available: the SmartController CX, which uses the V+ Operating System, and the
SmartController EX, which uses the eV+ Operating System. Both models offer scalability and
support for IEEE 1394-based digital I/O and general motion expansion modules. The IEEE
1394 interface is the backbone of Adept SmartServo, Adept's distributed controls architecture
supporting Adept products. The SmartController also includes Fast Ethernet and DeviceNet.
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