Robotics Research

Robots have been used in the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try for decades to improve the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of fac­to­ry lines. These robots are per­form­ing appli­ca­tions every day that are too dan­ger­ous for humans to per­form because of either the appli­ca­tion itself or the loca­tion it is per­formed. In this way, indus­tri­al robots have some­thing in com­mon with research robots – the robots that go every­where that no man is able to safe­ly go.

There are research robots that trav­el all over the globe with sci­en­tists so they can study new ways to solve pro­duc­tion prob­lems in places oth­er than an indus­tri­al envi­ron­ment. These robots are in devel­op­ment. One exam­ple would be an agri­cul­tur­al robot that researchers have designed to spread and plant seeds in the fields. This means that farm­ers would have an eas­i­er time get­ting their crop in the ground. Anoth­er robot­ic sys­tem that researchers are devel­op­ing is har­vest­ing robot – which would make it eas­i­er to get crops out of the ground and off the tree or vine as well.

But, robot­ic research is not lim­it­ed to mud­dy fields of the farm. Robots are also help­ing researchers plunge into areas where they can­not phys­i­cal­ly go them­selves – the depths of ocean and space. Space and ocean explor­ing robots are equipped to han­dle pres­sure and heat that would kill the aver­age human. These robots obvi­ous­ly do not need food, water or breaks, so they are able to research longer than a human team, and there is no loss of human life if there is an error. This means that researchers can use robots to explore these areas with­out putting a human’s life in dan­ger, which is a key part of robot­ics.

All in all, research robots are very sim­i­lar to indus­tri­al robots. They work more effi­cient­ly than their human coun­ter­parts, and they keep them out of harm’s way, while also being cheap­er in the long run.

If you would like more infor­ma­tion about research robot­ics and what indus­tri­al robots can con­tribute to your facil­i­ty, you should call Robots​.com, a leader in indus­tri­al automa­tion. Robots​.com pro­vides solu­tions from many robot­ics com­pa­nies, includ­ing Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB. Our staff will work with you to help you cre­ate the per­fect robot­ic automa­tion sys­tem for your facility.

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