"Record and Playback" Robot Motions Without Code. Launch of Next-Generation Teaching Device "SPX4"
Motion Lib will release "SPX4", a no-code robot motion sampler, on March 23, 2026. It enables intuitive robot teaching without programming, including force-controlled soft-touch operations.
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Motion Lib Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director: Takahiro Mizoguchi; hereinafter "our company"), which aims for a prosperous society where robots assist people and promotes the implementation of robot control technology, has developed the motion sampler "SPX4". It allows users to intuitively create and execute robot motions without programming. Product provision will begin on March 23, 2026, and a product experience event will be held from April 15 to 17 as a launch event.
## Development Background: The "Wall of Teaching" that Hinders Robot Introduction
Currently, the need for automation and remote operation is rapidly increasing at manufacturing and logistics sites due to severe labor shortages. However, conventional robot introduction has had the following challenges:
- Need for specialized skills: Difficulty in securing engineers with programming skills and acquiring skills.
- Enormous setup time: Creating robot motions (teaching) takes a massive amount of time.
- Limits of complex motion creation: Setting up soft-touch movements and curved motions is difficult.
Our company developed "SPX4" to solve these challenges and cause a "paradigm shift" where anyone can intuitively control a robot.
## Three Product Concepts of "SPX4"
1. Skill-less: Record motions via button operations or direct hand movements without writing code. No specialized knowledge is required.
2. Overwhelming time-saving: Significantly shortens the motion creation/modification cycle. Instantly adapts to high-mix, multi-process sites.
3. Soft-touch work: Easily reproduces gentle movements on workpieces using our unique force control technology.
## Operation Image and Main Use Cases
SPX4 configuration example: Supports "direct operation" by moving the robot directly by hand, and "remote operation" using an input device.
SPX4 allows users to freely control the robot using only button operations, requiring no specialized programming skills. It records the robot's movements in real-time, allowing teaching to be completed in a short time. In particular, it can easily record and play back "complex curved motions involving contact with workpieces," which were considered difficult with conventional methods. Furthermore, end effectors etc. can be operated smoothly.
## Development Background: The "Wall of Teaching" that Hinders Robot Introduction
Currently, the need for automation and remote operation is rapidly increasing at manufacturing and logistics sites due to severe labor shortages. However, conventional robot introduction has had the following challenges:
- Need for specialized skills: Difficulty in securing engineers with programming skills and acquiring skills.
- Enormous setup time: Creating robot motions (teaching) takes a massive amount of time.
- Limits of complex motion creation: Setting up soft-touch movements and curved motions is difficult.
Our company developed "SPX4" to solve these challenges and cause a "paradigm shift" where anyone can intuitively control a robot.
## Three Product Concepts of "SPX4"
1. Skill-less: Record motions via button operations or direct hand movements without writing code. No specialized knowledge is required.
2. Overwhelming time-saving: Significantly shortens the motion creation/modification cycle. Instantly adapts to high-mix, multi-process sites.
3. Soft-touch work: Easily reproduces gentle movements on workpieces using our unique force control technology.
## Operation Image and Main Use Cases
SPX4 configuration example: Supports "direct operation" by moving the robot directly by hand, and "remote operation" using an input device.
SPX4 allows users to freely control the robot using only button operations, requiring no specialized programming skills. It records the robot's movements in real-time, allowing teaching to be completed in a short time. In particular, it can easily record and play back "complex curved motions involving contact with workpieces," which were considered difficult with conventional methods. Furthermore, end effectors etc. can be operated smoothly.