Robotics
tasks/actions.
Major Fields
- Operator interface, the human to robot communications
- Mobility or locomotion is the smooth movement of the robot that also stabilizes the frame of the robot
- Manipulators & Effectors are used to perform repetitive tasks such as lifting and moving materials at a set speed
- Programming the instructions installed onto the robot to process input for a desired output
- Sensing & Perception are algorithms used to extract information such as environmental factors and conditions
Main Components of a Robot
- Body/frame of the robot ensures that the robot remains in one piece and protects it from injury
- Control system provides the movement and motion commands for the robot
to carry out - Manipulators are the aspect of the robot that acts on an object/material without human involvement
- Drivetrain facilitates movement of the robot, contains gearboxes, belt or chains
Robot Types
- Pre-programmed Robots must be told what to do in advanced in order to execute a desired function and an can complete the task repetitively an example of pre-programmed robots would be mechanical arm on an automotive assembly line used to build automobiles
- Humanoid Robots are robots that physically appear to be human and are used for experimental purposes like the humanoid bi-pedal robots, which are robot feet with sensors, that are due to be used by Tesla
- Autonomous Robots operate independently of human control and are used to detect changes in the environment and adapt to them, they are often used by the Air Force and Navy
- Teleoperated Robots are robots that are controlled by humans using a remote control via WIFI, Internet Signal or Satellite Signal examples of this include remote controlled cars, airplanes, as well as, by NASA to control space stations
- Augmenting Robots are designed to replace or enhance a humans abilities that are lost, examples of this would be prosthetic limbs created to function as a human limb
Major Types of Industrial Robots
- Articulated robots are robots that have joints that enable range of motion and mobility, as the robot has several axes in which they can rotate thereby increasing flexibility for movement
- Cartesian robots move in a linear fashion, with no rotation as its 3 axes are perpendicular which enables back-and-forth & up-and-down movements
- SCARA robots also known as Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm, which can have up to 4 axes with 3 used for rotation and 1 for linear movement which makes them perfect for areas in which high speed and high accuracy are required
- Delta robots is a robot with 3 arms that are connected to a joint at the base, the arms use parallelograms which located in the arms making them great for picking up and packaging in factories
- Polar robots are also known as spherical robots, were the first industrial robot, they possess a linear joint and two rotary joints; the arm is connected to the
base with a twisting joint making them really good at lifting base with a twisting joint making them really good at lifting loads - Cylindrical robots are built for specific tasks, they have two cylinders with no edges between them with a robot arm, their axes form a cylindrical coordinate system assembly operations, making them great for: handling at machine tools, spot welding, and handling at die casting machines
