What Are the Common Applications of Robots?

Robots can replace or assist humans to complete various tasks. All boring, dangerous, toxic, and harmful tasks can be performed by robots. In addition to being widely used in the manufacturing industry, robots are also used in other fields such as resource exploration and development, disaster relief, medical services, home entertainment, military and aerospace. Robots are important production and service equipment in industry and non-industrial circles, as well as indispensable automation equipment in advanced manufacturing technology.

Robots can replace or assist humans to complete various tasks. All boring, dangerous, toxic, and harmful tasks can be performed by robots. In addition to being widely used in the manufacturing industry, robots are also used in other fields such as resource exploration and development, disaster relief, medical services, home entertainment, military and aerospace. Robots are important production and service equipment in industry and non-industrial circles, as well as indispensable automation equipment in advanced manufacturing technology. ^[1]

When designing and applying industrial robots, comprehensive and balanced consideration should be given to the robot's versatility, environmental adaptability, durability, reliability, and economics. The specific guidelines are as follows:

(1) Application of robots in harsh environments;

(2) Application of robots in sectors with poor productivity and production quality;

(3) Robots are needed in the long run;

(4) the cost of using the robot;

(5) Humans are needed when applying robots. ^[1]

In modern industrial production, robots are generally not

Among the many manufacturing fields, the most widely used field of industrial robots is the automobile and auto parts manufacturing industry. In 2005, the demand for industrial robots in the automobile and auto parts manufacturing industry in the Americas accounted for 61% of all industrial robot demand in the region. The demand for industrial robots will show a rapid growth trend in the next few years. ^[3]

Robot application welding robot

Welding robot is an industrial robot engaged in welding. According to the definition of the International Organization for Standardization Industrial Robot Terminology Standard Welding Robot, an industrial robot is a multi-purpose, reprogrammable automatic control manipulator with one or more programmable axes and capable of delivering welding tools on demand A machine that moves a welding tool at a predetermined space position and at a desired trajectory and speed. Used in the field of industrial automation, in order to adapt to different uses, the mechanical interface of the last and last axis of the robot is usually a connection flange, which can be used to connect different tools or end effectors. A welding robot is a robot that attaches a welding clamp or welding gun to the final shaft flange of an industrial robot to enable it to perform welding, cutting or thermal spraying. ^[3]

The welding robot has the characteristics of stable performance, large working space, fast movement speed and strong load capacity. The welding quality is significantly better than manual welding, which greatly improves the productivity of electric welding operations. Welding robots are divided into spot welding robots and arc welding robots according to the type of use. ^[3]

Robot application assembly robot

Assembly robot is the core equipment of flexible automated assembly system, which is composed of robot manipulator, controller, end effector and sensor system. Among them, the structure type of the operating machine includes horizontal joint type, rectangular coordinate type, multi-joint type and cylindrical coordinate type. The controller generally uses a CPU or a multi-level computer system to implement motion control or motion programming. The end effector is adapted to different The assembly objects are designed into various claws and wrists, etc .; the sensing system is used to obtain information about the interaction between the assembly robot and the environment and the assembly objects. There are two types of commonly used assembly robots: programmable universal assembly robots and flat two-joint robots. ^[3]

Compared with general industrial robots, assembly robots have the characteristics of high accuracy, good compliance, small working range, and can be used with other systems. They are mainly used in the manufacturing industry of various electrical appliances. At the current stage, the precision and speed of installation required by automobiles are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more small parts, and manual installation has been difficult to meet assembly needs. Robots used for assembly work have played an increasingly important role in the installation of doors, dashboards, front and rear bezels, lights, batteries, and seats, as well as engine assembly, which has greatly improved automobile assembly. s efficiency. ^[3]