Functionalities and devices
Inside the arm
- Real-time joint bus for synchronized commands: EtherCAT or CAN FD in some designs
Factory automation network
- Fieldbus and industrial Ethernet protocols such as EtherCAT and Ethernet TSN, with OPC UA for data exchange
- Wireless status, diagnostics and configuration: BLE, Wi-Fi, Sub-1GHz
Data line protection
- ESD protection and filtering: data-line ESD, common-mode filters