Industrial robots can be divided into six main categories based on their mechanical design, including articulated robots, cartesian robots, SCARA robots, delta robots, polar robots, and cylindrical robots.
The first industrial robot ever developed was called the Unimate. It was a manipulator arm powered by hydraulics that could complete repetitive tasks. Processes for automating metalworking and welding were used by the auto industry.
Amit Bhingurde joined TAL as the organization's chief operating officer in 2014. (COO). The first industrial robot to be "Made in India," "BRABO," was created by industrial engineer Bhingurde, who before joining TAL previously served as president and CEO of Kuka Robotics India.
Industrial robots are frequently employed to carry out dangerous for humans duties as well as extremely time-consuming and repetitive ones. Overall, deploying industrial robots can enhance the safety and working environment in your factory or manufacturing process.
The International Federation of Robots released its yearly report on the use of robots on September 24, 2020. According to the most recent statistics, 2.7 million industrial robots operated in companies around the world in 2019-a record number and a 12% rise from 2018.
The first industrial robot, known as Unimate, began operating on an assembly line for General Motors in 1961 at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey.
The majority of robots employed today are in industrial processes; these operations fall into three categories: material handling, processing, and assembly and inspection. Applications for material handling include loading and unloading machines as well as material transport.
Steel, aluminum, and cast iron are frequently used as raw materials in the construction of robot arms. Titanium is utilized to make some specialized robots, such as those used in clean room applications. These industrial robots are constructed piece by piece, starting at the base with motors, cylinders, cables, and bearings.
The majority of the time, machining processes are carried out by industrial robots. A servo-loop controller and a system-level controller are used to control them. It has been discovered that the servo controller is the primary bottleneck controlling the accuracy of the robot operations [35].
A highly qualified and talented specialist, a robotics engineer develops, plans, creates, and maintains robots or robotic systems. Robotics experts can spend countless hours testing designs on computers and coming up with fresh ideas for how robots might move or even think.