Sensors Offer Infinite Opportunities for Designing Robots & Drones

Confidential © ams AG 2016
Sensors Offer Infinite
Design Opportunities
for Designing
Robots & Drones
Rudolf Pichler, Product Manager Position Sensors
2016/11/04

Agenda
About amsAG
How Innovative Sensors Solutions Change Robotics
Position Sensing for Robotics

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At a glance
• Focus on high performance analog semiconductors
• Sensor solutions, sensor interfaces, power management, wireless
• Ultra-low power, highest accuracy, sensitivity and integration
• Analog IDM: world class design + in-house manufacturing
By the numbers
• 500+ R&D engineers
• Over 30 years of design experience
• Revenues 2015 EUR623m/$691m (2014: EUR464m/$614m)
• More than 2,100 employees worldwide
• Over 8,000 customers worldwide
ams overview

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Focus
• Designing and manufacturing advanced
analog sensor solutions
• Markets: communications, consumer,
industrial, automotive and medical
• Solutions: intelligent light sensors,
RFID/NFC, chemical sensors, active-noise-
cancelling ICs, position sensors, ultra-low
power management, and more
• Standard products & custom solutions
(ASICs & foundry services)
People:
• More than 2,100 employees in 20 countries
• 18 design centers
• 20 sales offices
• 30+ channel partners
Manufacturing
• IDM with 30+ years of experience
• Advanced processes: CMOS, HV-CMOS and
SiGe, 3D TSV
• Certified for automotive & medical production
• Full service foundry including packaging and
testing options
• 8 inch wafer fab in Austria (180k wspa)
• Test facility in Calamba, Philippines
• Strong relationships with global
manufacturing partners
Financials
• Revenues 2015 EUR623m/$691m
(2014: EUR 464m/$614m)
• Revenues Q4 2015 EUR147m/$161m
(Q4 2014: EUR139m/$141m)
About ams
Shaping the world with sensor solutions

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Headquarters
Design centers
Test center
Sales offices
Global value chain
• 18 design centers
Austria, Belgium (new), Finland, Germany (3), India, Italy (2), Japan,
Netherlands, Portugal (new), Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, USA (2)
• High volume test center
Philippines
• Continuing growth in distribution design-ins and revenues

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In-house capacity + manufacturing partnerships
Wafer manufacturing
• 200mm in-house fab (2015E 180k wafers p.a.)
• CMOS nodes: 0.18µm – 0.35µm – 0.8µm
• Specialty analog processes
• Best-in-class efficiency
• Multi-source security: TSMC, UMC, IBM
Assembly and test
• In-house test in Austria and the Philippines
• Multi-source assembly locations
• End-to-end fully integrated supply chain
• Further expansion of test capacity in 2015
Scalable manufacturing for profitable growth
Fab capacity
expansion: step 1
ramped, step 2
nearing completion

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The world of sensors
Smart Phones & Tablet
• Ambient light, color &
proximity sensors
• Gesture recognition
• NFC-based contactless
payment solutions
• Environmental sensors
• Active Noise Cancellation
• Spectral sensors
• Position sensors
• Sensors for advanced
driver assistance
• Air quality sensors
• Hydrogen sensors
Smart Home & Buildings
• Gas sensors
• Temperature sensors
• Smart light sensors
• Humidity sensors
• Pressure sensors
• Flow sensors
• Lightning sensors
Wearables
• Biosensors, heart rate
monitoring
• Power management
• NFC-based contactless
payment solutions
• Active Noise Cancellation
• Environmental sensors
• Position sensors
• CMOS sensors for machine
vision and drones
• Industrial/building
automation
• Flow sensors (Heat, Water,
Gas Metering)
• NFC Sensor Tags
Industrial
Automotive
Medical
• Image Sensors for:
• Computed tomography
• Digital x-ray
• Ultrasound
• Surgical robots
• CMOS image sensors for
endoscopy (miniature
cameras)

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We envision enriching lives
by creating a seamless experience between technology and people
Sensors are everywhere and enable products to be
smarter, safer, more eco-friendly and easier to use.
Inspired by nature. The most natural sensors are
the human senses. Technology as nature intended
enhances our lives by becoming more responsive
and in-tune to the world around us. Nature is the
inspiration behind every ams engineer and it fuels
their creativity to develop unique products that
make people’s lives easier, safer and more
enjoyable.
ams sensor solutions provide the crucial link that
seamlessly connects technology and people.

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 The advancement in magnetic position
sensors enables robots to achieve fine
joint motor control for fluid human-like
limb movement and improved dexterity.
 Fast and precise position sensors help
achieve fine joint motor control.
 Position sensors are fast, small, and co-
located with joint motors.
 Reliable and inexpensive.
 Energy efficient, lighter weight, and
requiring less wires, magnetic position
sensors reduce robot power and cost.
Precise, Fine Joint Motor Control

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 The advanced CMOS image sensors
technology used in high-end markets lead
to high dynamic, high resolution and
undistorted images.
 Ultra-precise position sensors enable
precise camera control especially required
for zoom and for image stabilization.
 Highly efficient power management
solutions optimized for video processors
enable longer autonomous robot battery
life.
Clear, Undistorted Images for Robot Vision

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 Fast and precise position sensors for
joint/wheel motor control enable precise
and dynamic reaction in real-world
environments.
 Time of Flight systems based on ultra-
precise time measurements detect the
distance to objects at millimeter accuracy.
 Ultra small and light weight NanEye™
camera’s provide visual environment
information for 360° object identification.
Precise Robot maneuvers in Industrial/Consumer Applications

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 Our automotive proven contactless, and
thus ultra-reliable magnetic position
sensors, are immune to disturbing stray
fields and ensure control in harsh and
difficult environments.
 Air quality sensors developed by ams can
detect and report unsafe air and gas levels
in production and outdoor environment
conditions.
 For hot temperature conditions and
demanding production task maneuvers our
worlds smallest digital temperature sensors
precisely detect overheat conditions right at
the robot hot-spots.
Safe Robot operation in difficult environments

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 Integrated humidity, temperature and
barometric pressure sensors collect the base
data for optimal weather predictions.
 Air quality sensors collect important
information about air quality in large urban
areas.
 Ultrasound based low power air flow sensors
sense vertical and horizontal winds for faster
hurricane and tornado warnings.
 Lightning detectors sense thunderstorm
lightning and measure direction and distance
to the thunderstorm.
Close the data-gap for cloud based weather services

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Experience in robot safety critical applications
(ISO-13482 and ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012)
Designed to meet the most challenging demands of
safety critical applications.
Design for robustness (Strayfield Immunity)
Industry-leading robustness against unwanted
magnetic stray fields, vibration, and misalignment
facilitated by the use of a patented differential
sensor technology.
Secure Authentication, Pairing (NFC)
Ams NFC solutions allow secure authentication and
pairing for robotic applications.
Adherence to safety requirements in robotics

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Precise position control for robotic limbs
 AS5600 - 360o angle sensor with Stray Field Immunity
 High accuracy(12 bit), low power consumption, smart
potentiometer, highest reliability based on no wear
 Provides wear-free, smooth and precise control of robotic limbs
Camera Stability through 3-axis Camera Gimbal
 AS5600 - 360o angle sensor with Stray Field Immunity
 High accuracy(12 bit), low power consumption, smart
potentiometer, highest reliability based on no wear
 Sharp and clear videos and pictures while robot/drone is in
operation.
Wheel, Propeller and Motor Control
 AS5074U – ultra-fast contactless with Stray Field Immunity
 Absolute Position, Ultra-Fast Refresh rates, DAEC™
 Provides absolute position and enables higher starting torque to
enable robot to adjust better to varying torque loads.
Actuator Solutions
Highly reliable and robust contactless position sensing

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RFID Tags and Readers Solutions for “reading wireless sensors”
 AS3993 – UHF RFID reader
 Ideal for battery operated devices
 Smallest PCB footprint (3.91mm²)
 High receive sensitivity (-90dBm) and antenna auto tuning
 SL900A – UHF data logger: Ideal as companion sensor tag with long
battery life
 Passive and battery-assisted mode
 9kbit EEPROM (up to 841 events stored)
 Internal temp sensor + 2x analog inputs for external sensors (resistive,
capacitive)
NFC Solutions for “secure ID and simple maintenance”
 AS3911: HF/NFC Reader
 Capacitive/Inductive wakeup for low power tag detection
 1W output power @ 5V
 AS3955: NFC Interface Tag
 Bi-directional data transfer through SPI/I²C interface and NFC
 Energy harvesting (5mA @ 4.5V)
 AS3922: boosted NFC frontend
 Reduces NFC antenna down to 40mm²
 Works in presence of metal, highest interoperability
 AS39513: NFC data logger
 Passive and battery-assisted mode
 9kbit EEPROM (up to 1020 events stored)
 Internal temp sensor + analog input for external resistive sensor
Interfacing Sensors and Robots
Disable unwanted drone access

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PicoCap
 PCAP02:
 Ultra low-power capacitance-to-digital converter
 wide input range (from fF to nF)
 Allows to implement capacitive
 Internal DSP for linearization
PicoStrain
 PS081:
 Ultra low-power
 highest resolution force or torque measurements based on
strain gauges
 Multichannel capabilities
 Internal DSP for linearization
Ultrasonic Flow Meters
 TDC-GP30
 System integrated small-size solution
 Ultrasonic based heat-, water-, and gas meters and
industrial flow meters
Low-power capacity, force and torque sensing for robots
Allows precise and ultra low-power sensor interface for mobile robots

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Position Sensor for Joystick, Thumbwheels, & Control Knobs
 AS5601 – contactless rotary sensor with Stray Field Immunity
 1 device measures the absolute angle and detects a push event
 Provides precise feedback of rotary knobs with angle and push
output
 AS5013 – Easypoint™ Miniature Joystick Sensor
 1 device measures X/Y position for miniature joysticks
 Provides smooth and precise control at smallest size and lowest
power consumption for remote controls and HMI panels
 AS5404 – contactless 3D sensor with Stray Field Immunity
 1 device measures X/Y/Z magnetic field vectors
 Provides smooth and precise manual drone control
LED Indicators and Matrix Displays for Robot and Remote
 AS1130, AS1111 – high performance LED driver solutions
 Precise PWM and analog output control for enhanced light control
 Single device to drive multiple LEDs (incl. dynamic headroom
control)
 Enables high-brightness LED lights visible in outdoor sunlight
Human Machine Interface Solutions
Highest Efficiency for visibility at long range and brightest sunlight

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Optimum Display Brightness Control
 TSL2584TSV – Ambient Light Sensor
 Operates from < 1 Lux to brightest sunlight
(integrated IR rejection photopic filter)
 Approximates human eye response
 Smallest size (1.145x1.66x0.32 mm)
Gesture enabled Robot Control
 TMG4903 – Gesture (+Color, +Proximity Sensor)
 Completely integrated gesture system
 operation of key functions with 3D hand gestures
 Works in bright sunlight
 Includes key features: color sensing, proximity sensing
Human Machine Interface Solutions
Optimum display contrast for various light conditions, Gesture based drone control

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LIDAR/TOF Sensing for obstacle avoidance and 3D imaging
 GPX2 – ultra-precise time to digital converter
 Highest distance accuracy (down to 1 mm) at flexible range
 available 3rd party design-house supporting LIDAR design
know-how
Miniature Stereo Camera for obstacle avoidance and 3D imaging
 NanEye – miniature camera module (250x250 pixel)
 Fully integrated camera module
 Extremely small size (1x1x1.7 mm)
Spatial Sensing Solutions
Reliably obstacle avoidance, 3D image - and air speed - sensing

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High-End integrated CMOS image Sensors
 CMV product family – high resolution, global shutter
 No smear slow motion based on global shutter technology
 Large pixel area at highest resolution
 High dynamic range for difficult light situations
 High frame rates for 4k and 8k movie recording
Ultra-High Resolution CMOS Image Sensor
 CHR product family – highest resolution
 Large pixel area at highest resolution
 High dynamic range for difficult light situations
 70 MP resolution for areal scanning applications
High-Speed CMOS Line Scanners Sensors
 4LS product family – highest speed
 10k and 15kpixel line scanner with global shutter
 Very high frame rate for ultrafast reaction times (160 kHz)
 Extended dynamic range for all possible light conditions (62
dB)
Spatial Sensing Solutions
High-End Image Sensing for sharp, dynamic, undistorted pictures and movies

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Sensing temperature, humidity and pressure
 ENS210 & ENS 220 – integrated T/H/P solutions
 Very small size/weight and very low power consumption
 Superior absolute accuracy of temperature, humidity and
pressure sensing (calibrated and compensated)
 Robust Monolithic integration
Sensing Air quality
 ENS130, ENS131 – integrated VOC gas sensor
 Very small size/weight (2x2.3x0.9 mm) and very low power
consumption
 10+ years proven technology in automotive
Sensing Thunderstorms
 AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor™
 Detection of both cloud to ground and cloud to cloud lightning
activity within a 40km range
 Provides early warning beyond human senses & gives distance
estimation to head of storm, and enables robot power-cycling.
Environmental Sensor Solutions
Sensing weather, air quality-, lightning- sensor

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RBR Game Changer Award 2015
Robotics Business Review
http://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/article/as5048/

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Target markets for ams POS Magnetic Position Sensors
Automotive, Industrial, Consumer, Robotics
Automotive applications - EPS, chassis level, transmission,
throttle, acceleration pedal, brake, actuator
Motor and motion control application - automotive,
industrial, building, office automation, robotics
Replacement of discrete solutions, optical encoder,
resolver, potentiometer
White goods, rotary knobs, consumer and industrial robotics

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Ams POS Product segment matrix
Magnetic Position Sensors
Product
Click on the part #
to get the datasheet
Position measurement Motor Control
Linear
Rotary
on-axis
Rotary
off-axis
Rotary
on-axis
Rotary
off-axis
incr. abs. incr. abs. incr. abs. incr. abs. incr. abs.
AS5304 | AS5306
AS5311 | NSE5310
AS5510 | AS5013
AS5410 (IND)
AS5403A/D/E (AUT)
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AS5045 | AS5048
AS5050A | AS5055A
AS5047D | AS5047P
AS5600
AS5601
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AS5115 | AS5215
AS5147 | AS5247
AS5147P
AS5161 | AS5162
AS5261 | AS5262
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LinearRotary
Ideal
for
Robot
Apps
Auto
Qual
devices

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• Absolute
• Incremental
• Incremental
• Angular Position
• Linear Position
• Absolute Angular
• Absolute linear
• Angular and Linear
Position using
multiple sensors
On-axis Off-axis Incremental Off-axis 3D Digital Linear Hall
ams sensor types
Hall based monolithic position sensors

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Magnetic Position Sensors in Robot Joint Control
Magnetic Position Sensors Provide Precise and Accurate Joint Motor Position Feedback
Multiple Sensors in a single joint
1- Motor
Control
Roll
2 - Position
Control
Roll
4 - Position
Control
Pitch
3 - Motor
Control
Pitch

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Motor Control
(e.g. AS5047P)
Position Control
(e.g. AS5600)
Magnetic position sensors used for motor AND position control,
with puck magnet as small as 5mm in diameter

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Magnetic Position Sensors used for motor
feedback enables:
 Precise and natural movements
 High reliability and durability
 Safe operation

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Ams Position Measurement Product Overview
AS5055A AS5047P AS5600 AS5510 AS5048
Maximum Rotation
Angle
360° 360° 360° Linear 360°
Output Type* SPI
SPI, PWM,
UVW, ABI
Analog, PWM,
I2C
I2C SPI, I2C, PWM
Magnetic Field
Range (mT)
30 to 90 30 to 70 30 to 90 10 to 50 30 to 70
Output Resolution 0.09 (12bit) 0.022 (14bit) 0.09 (12bit) 10 bit 0.09 (12bit)
Supply Voltage
nom. (V)
3.3 3.3 or 5.0 3.3 or 5.0 3 3.3 or 5.0
Maximum Supply
Current (mA)
8.5 15 6.5 3.5 15
Low Power Mode
Power down
(3µA)
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Automatic
(1.5mA)
Power down
(25µA)
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Operating
Temperature (°C)
-40 to 85 -40 to 125 -40 to 125 -30 to 85 -40 to 150
Package
QFN-16
(4x4x0.85mm)
TSSOP14 SOIC8
WLCSP or
SOIC8
TSSOP14
* Note: Automotive qualified part AS5147 (-40° - + 150° Celsius) available

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Position sensors
- Control position, orientation or motion of the
robotic joints
- ams’ contactless position sensors offer a high-
resolution IC solution that is ideally suited for joint
control for service robots, humanoid, industrial,
surgical, security robots, home appliances,
consumer robots and many others.
- Our position sensors are designed with ams’
patented differential sensor technology that ensures
complete immunity to any external magnetic
stray fields.
- The ICs are designed for fast and absolute-angle
measurements over a full 360-degree range.
Benefits
- Precise and contactless angle measurement
- High reliability
- Very low power consumption
- High precision
- Absolute rotary position sensing over 360°
- Immune to external magnetic stray fields
Position Sensing is Key for Robots

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Sensing Principle:
- Monolithic integration of hall sensors
- CORDIC calculates the Angle Value
- Sensing linear range of magnet: more robust
Robustness Against:
- Magnet Airgap Change
- Temperature Change
- Radial Magnet Displacement
- Radial Sensor Displacement
- External Stray Magnetic Fields
Function Principle + Robustness

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The smart magnetic solution
• 12-bit analog output ratiometric to VDD or
PWM-encoded digital or I2C output
• Custom angle programmable from 18° up to
360°
• Easy start and stop position programming in
3 wire mode without programmer
AS5600
World’s First Smart & Contactless Potentiometer IC

Product Overview / Key Features
AS5600 Smart and Contactless Potentiometer IC with analog or PWM output
Benefits
• Highest reliability and durability
• Simple to program and use
• Great flexibility on angular excursion
• High-resolution analog output signal
• Low-power consumption
Key features
• Contactless angle measurement
• User programmable start and stop positions
• Angle programming from 18 to 360 DEG
• 12-bit DAC output resolution
• Low power modes
• SOIC-8 package
• Temperature range: -40°C to +125°C
Applications
• Consumer
Volume Control, RC-servo feedback
• White Goods
Contactless knobs
• IND&MED
Throttle and tumbles air condition,
Pedals, Industrial Joystick
AFE
AGC
12-bit A/D Driver
Register Setting
OTP
I²C
AS5600
OUT
VDD3V3
VDD5V
GND
SCLSDA
PWM
PGO
DIR
Analog
Front-End
Hall Sensors
12-bit D/A
ATAN
(CORDIC)
Digital
Processing
and Filtering
LDO 3.3V
Magnetic Core

Product Overview / Key Features
AS5047P
Benefits
• Eliminates angle measurement lag at high RPMs
• Lower system costs (no shielding)
• High resolution for motor & position control
• Simple replacement – reduce system cost
• Fast high resolution position feedback
• Provides absolute & incremental angle measurements
• No programmer needed (via SPI command)
Key features
• DAEC™ Dynamic angle error compensation
• Immune to external stray magnetic field
• 14-bit core resolution
• Encoder output: 1000 / 1024 pulses
• Maximum speed up to 28.000 rpm
• SPI, PWM, UVW and ABI Interfaces
• Zero position, configuration programmable
Applications
• Optical encoder replacement
• Resolver replacement
• Servo motor position control
• BLDC/PMSM motor commutation
• Rotary position sensors

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Improved Accuracy - Dynamic Angle Error Compensation
Advanced Magnetic Position Sensors (AS5147P) in High Speed Measurement Applications
Hardware Compensation integrated!
No Software needed!
External HW + SW compensation needed
MagneticPositionSensorSystem
Large lag from
angle measurement
to reporting
Moderate lag from
angle measurement
to reporting
Near zero lag from
angle measurement
to reporting
Elimination of Angle Measurement Lag and Fast Refresh Rates (1.9μs) at High RPMs

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Angle programming advantage
AS5047P
Interface Type Benefit
UVW “Hall” element
replacement
No mechanical alignment of “Hall”
elements required
ABI Opt. Encoder
replacement
Aligned index pulse position
PWM Absolute position Absolute position information at
startup
SPI Absolute position No offset calculation,
position stored in safe OTP

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Application Example – Joint Motor with Integrated Position Sensor
High speed encoder replacement AS5047P
Magnet
AS5047P

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Easy optical encoder replacement!
Optical encoder replacement video

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Application Examples for Social and Medical Robots
Social and Medical Robots use Multiple Sensors for Joint Control
>36 Sensors in Nao Robot
>6 Sensors in ABB Robot>30 Sensors in Pepper Robot
>50 Sensors in Intuitive Surgical
Robot

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Wheels:
- 2 DC gearbox motors using position sensors for
wheel control
Position Control of Wheel Motor
AS5600:
- Programmable angular range
- Analog, PWM or I2C output
- Automatic output filter
- Automatic low power modes
Head movement:
- 2 position sensors for position control

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Ams POS Sensors Enable Next Generation Industrial Robots
Flexible, Faster, Lighter and work better with humans
 Replacing resolvers and optical encoders
with high resolution magnetic position
sensor ICs
 Transitioning from single to multi-task
functions
 Teaching (rather than programming) and
lighter weight make robot repurposing
much easier
 Work more safely with humans
ABB YuMi Robot

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 Small-Sized Solution
 Smallest packages
 Flexible magnet selection based on size and
performance constraints
• Immune against stray magnetic fields
• Differential measurement principle allows stray
field immunity
• High-performance, superior durability
 Automatic low power modes
 Automatic filter
 Contactless
• Higher safety in robotic applications
 Fewer products to fail
 On-chip diagnostics
 Redundancy
Servo Module for Consumer Robot
ams POS Sensors Replace Low Performance Potentiometers in Servos for Improved Robot Performance

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- Higher Safety in collaborative applications
Diagnostic Features
Redundancy
- Immune to harsh industrial environments
Magnetic Solution
Immune to external stray magnetic fields
- Excellent price-performance ratio
Replaces Discrete Hall
Replaces Potentiometers
Replaces Optical Encoders and Resolvers
- High-performance and superior durability
High accuracy feedback
Faster refresh rates
Contactless solution
Actuator Module for Service Robots
Industrial Servo Modules Profit from ams Position Sensors:
1) Controller
2) Position Sensor
3) Drive motor
4) Transmission
5) Holding Brake
6) Hollow Shaft for Wiring

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Magnetic Position Sensors used in drones for:
 Payload gimbals
 Position control for payload
control/manipulators
Why Magnetic Position Sensors?
 Small form factor
 Light weight
 Consume Minimal Power
 Highly accurate
 Operate in harsh environments
Magnetic Position Sensors Deployed in Drone’s
Magnetic Position sensors enabling Improved Payload Capacity and Performance, e.g. Camera stability

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The message!
- amsAG is designing and manufacturing advanced analog sensor solutions
- Leading-edge technologies like image, environmental, lightning, color, TOF, air quality sensors and
sensor interfaces enable for new opportunities in robotics
- All position sensing applications in robotics are covered by the ams product portfolio including
absolute on-axis, incremental high-resolution, digital linear, and 3d sensors
High-
performance,
superior
durability
Best-in class
stray field
immunity
Experienced in
Safety
Low Power
consumption
Extensive
customer
support

Thank you
Please visit our website www.ams.com

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