Industrial Robots
Different robots for different applications
From the first industrial robot in the world UNIMATE, developed by George Devol in 1954 for repetitive welding process for production in General Motors car factory (1961) and until nowadays to FANUC, KAWASAKI, YASKAWA, PANASONIC, MITSUBISHI and many other manufacturers, robots was continuously developed into very wide range of application field and constructive forms.
If first robot was developed as a simple hydraulic manipulator, today's robots are build from 2-axis to 6-axis as standard configuration, that permits expandable to tens external axis, each axis means one degree of freedom (DOF).
The most used types of robots cartesian, delta, SCARA, 6-DOF robots, depending on the type of application.
The optimal choosing of robots is made taking into account the constructive type, the most used being cartesian, delta, SCARA or 6-DOF robots, but also the specific of application, such as handling, assembly, painting, welding.
If you want to choose yourself the robot for your application, it's simple, just select type of automation and specify a few basic information, then all steps are easy with our configurator.
Robotic cell - from one robot to many
Any robot can not work separated as single. Robot processes products to perform the tasks for which it was intended. For performing these tasks, the robot needs, first of all, the products themselves and other accessories, such as rotary table, conveyor, pallets, supports, grippers, sensors, vision camera, pneumatic systems and many other depending on the specific of the application.
The robot, the products and all accessories needed to perform the tasks form together so-called the robotic cell (or simple cell).
Depending of the complexity of the application, the robotic cell may be comprised from one robot or more many more robots.
If the process is very simple, the robotic cell may be comprised of only one robot and needed accessories, without need the presence of PLC to control the activity, because the robot itself can manage all tasks, On the other hand, if process become too complex, the cell must be equipped with PLC, in order to assist the process, to execute arithmetic calculations, in this way to relieve the robot of certain tasks and let robot focus on moving and its special process tasks.
Each application will be evaluate independent and following to decide what solution is best for application.
