Putting It All Together – Robotic Assembly In Action

Reach­ing back into his­to­ry as far as the Cro-Magnon Man, human beings have been con­struct­ing tools for use in their every­day lives. Once man moved out of caves and into struc­tures and cities, man­u­fac­tur­ers start­ed to pop up in the form of crafts­men like wood work­ers, cob­blers and tai­lors. Humans have always assem­bled tools and oth­er items. Now, assem­bly robots are join­ing in also.

With the indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tion came man­u­fac­tur­ing on a larg­er scale with the intro­duc­tion of not only fac­to­ries, but also the assem­bly line. Assem­bly lines allowed work­ers to focus on putting one piece of an item togeth­er over and over, as opposed to com­plete­ly assem­ble each item themselves.

While man­u­al assem­bly appli­ca­tions were explod­ing onto a large scale to begin fill­ing the needs of the grow­ing population’s demand, man­u­fac­tur­ers con­tin­ued to look for the next big thing that would increase pro­duc­tion on their assem­bly lines.

That next ​“big” thing came with the Uni­mate robot in the 1960s. This first indus­tri­al robot was the begin­ning of indus­tri­al automa­tion. In the 1980s, assem­bly robots began to take off, and things have nev­er been the same for manufacturers.

Robot man­u­fac­tur­ers from Fanuc to Motoman to KUKA have devel­oped mod­els for robot­ic assem­bly. These com­pa­nies have been press­ing for­ward and inno­vat­ing to bring man­u­fac­tur­ers all the advan­tages of robot­ic assembly.

Assem­bly robots con­struct items faster and more accu­rate than human work­ers could ever imag­ine. By decreas­ing cycle times for man­u­fac­tured items, robot­ic assem­bly automa­tion gets prod­ucts out to the con­sumer soon­er, while keep­ing pro­duc­tion and labor costs down.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for Fanuc, ABB, Motoman, and KUKA robot­ics, has sev­er­al new and refur­bished assem­bly robot mod­els avail­able for pur­chase and cus­tomiza­tion. Robots​.com works with cus­tomers to design the lay­out and sys­tem to meet all their unique specifications.

For more infor­ma­tion about robot­ic assem­bly, or assem­bly automa­tion through Robots​.com, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881. Our high­ly-skilled staff will work with you to build the right assem­bly sys­tem for you.