Industrial robot

Industrial robotics refers to the study, design and use of robots for manufacturing. Applications for industrial robots include welding, painting, assembly, product inspection and testing.

There are a small number of commonly used configurations for industrial automation, including articulated robots[?] (the most common), SCARA robots and gantry robots[?] (a.k.a. Cartesian robots or x-y-z robots).

Robot actions are determined by programmed routines that specify the direction, speed, and distance of a series of coordinated motions. For more precise guidance, robots are often assisted by machine vision systems acting as the "eyes".

History of Industrial Robotics